Gate of Youth
movie
View on VideBits →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 & crew
Koichi Sato · Hiroyuki Itsuki · Bunta Sugawara · Tatsuo Nogami · Aoi Nakajima · Takeshi Ōbayashi · Nenji Kobayashi · Kinji Fukasaku · Hitomi Kageyama · Koreyoshi Kurahara · Keiko Matsuzaka · Taiko Shinbashi · Kaoru Sugita · Junichi Ishida