Gate of Youth

The story

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.

Cast

B Bunta SugawaraShigezo Ibuki K Keiko MatsuzakaTae Ibuki K Koichi SatoShisuke Ibuki K Kaoru SugitaOrie Maki H Hitomi Kageyama N Nenji KobayashiChota T Taiko ShinbashiMasae Maki A Aoi NakajimaKimiyo Hirai J Junichi IshidaHirano T Takeshi Ōbayashi S Sakae Umezu K Kantarō SugaIchimura

See more cast

K Kikuo Kaneuchi M Masataka Iwao K Kazuo KatōOwner S Shinji Kanai Y Yoshiro Ichikawa S Saburo TokitoHaruo T Takashi Hio M Manabu Morita K Keijirō Shiga T Tsunehiko WataseKanayama M Michimaro Otabe M Masaharu Arikawa S Sen Okaji I Isao Takanami S Satoru Nabe K Katsutoshi Akiyama M Masako Araki M Moeko Ezawa R Ryūnosuke KanedaHanezawa M Mizuho SuzukiNarrator (voice) K Koji TsurutaYabetora T Tomisaburō WakayamaRyugoro Hanawa