Gate of Youth (1981)
2h 20m
Running Time
January 15, 1981Release Date
Gate of Youth (1981)
2h 20m
Running Time
January 15, 1981Release Date
Plot.
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.
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Cast & Crew.
Bunta Sugawara
Shigezo Ibuki
Keiko Matsuzaka
Tae Ibuki
Koichi Sato
Shisuke Ibuki
Kaoru Sugita
Orie Maki
Kinji Fukasaku
Director
Nenji Kobayashi
Chota
Taiko Shinbashi
Masae Maki
Koreyoshi Kurahara
Director
Hiroyuki Itsuki
Writer
Aoi Nakajima
Kimiyo Hirai
Tatsuo Nogami
Writer
Junichi Ishida
Hirano
Hako Yamasaki
Composer
Hako Yamazaki
Composer
Tôru Nakajima
Cinematographer
Kantarō Suga
Ichimura
Kazuo Kato
Owner
Saburo Tokito
Haruo
Tsunehiko Watase
Kanayama
Ryūnosuke Kaneda
Hanezawa
Mizuho Suzuki
Narrator (voice)
Koji Tsuruta
Yabetora
Tomisaburō Wakayama
Ryugoro Hanawa
Akira Suzuki
Editor
Hanjirō Nakazawa
Director of Photography
Hitomi Kageyama
Isao Takanami
Takeshi Ōbayashi
Shinji Kanai
Sakae Umezu
Sen Okaji
Kōji Hio
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The Gate of Youth (青春の門, Seishun no mon) is a 1981 Japanese film directed by Kinji Fukasaku and Koreyoshi Kurahara sequel of the film Seishun no mon Jiritsuhen was released in 1982.It is based on a story by Hiroyuki Itsuki that was originally serialized in the magazine Shukan Gendai in 1969–70. The same story inspired a 1975 film of the same name as well as three separate television productions in 1976-77 (TBS), 1991 (TV Tokyo), and 2005 (TBS).