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Gate of Youth (1981)

Gate of Youth (1981)

Drama
Release Date: 1981, January 15
Directors: Kinji Fukasaku, Koreyoshi Kurahara
Countries: Japan
Production: Toei Company
Cast: Bunta Sugawara, Mizuho Suzuki, Aoi Nakajima, Kazuo Katō, Tsunehiko Watase, Ryūnosuke Kaneda, Koichi Sato, Koji Tsuruta, Tomisaburō Wakayama, Keiko Matsuzaka, Kantarō Suga, Nenji Kobayashi

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.

Keywords:

depressing