Gate of Youth

Overview

The story of Shinsuke, a young man who lives through a stormy life as a poverty-stricken coal miner. Ranging from Shinsuke's infanthood to his mid-teens. Coal workers and the mines dominate nearly every aspect of his life. Shinsuke's father a group leader at the mine, dies while bravely using dynamite to rescue a group of trapped Korean miners. Several older men attempt to help he and his mother cope, including a friendly Harley-riding yakuza boss. This movie has it all, drama, romance, sex, yakuza and violence! It is based on a story by Hiroyuki Itsuki that was originally serialized in the magazine Shukan Gendai in 1969-70.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

January 15, 1981

Original language

Japanese

Spoken languages

Japanese

Countries

Japan

Production

Toei Company

Cast

Tsunehiko Watase,Moeko Ezawa,Sakae Umezu,Ryūnosuke Kaneda,Takeshi Ōbayashi,Saburo Tokito,Masataka Iwao,Masako Araki,Keiko Matsuzaka,Kantarō Sugaand 24 more

Director

Kinji Fukasaku,Koreyoshi Kurahara

Writer

Tatsuo Nogami,Hiroyuki Itsuki

Cinematography

Hanjirō Nakazawa,Tôru Nakajima

Music

Hako Yamasaki

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0203101