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Gate of Youth | 青春の門

Description: 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.

Genres: Drama

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Budget: $0 | Revenue : $0

Runtime: 140 minutes

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Bunta Sugawara

Played Shigezo Ibuki

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Keiko Matsuzaka

Played Tae Ibuki

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Koichi Sato

Played Shisuke Ibuki

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Kaoru Sugita

Played Orie Maki

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Hitomi Kageyama

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Nenji Kobayashi

Played Chota

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Taiko Shinbashi

Played Masae Maki

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Aoi Nakajima

Played Kimiyo Hirai

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Junichi Ishida

Played Hirano

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Takeshi Ōbayashi

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Sakae Umezu

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Kantarō Suga

Played Ichimura

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Kikuo Kaneuchi

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Masataka Iwao

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Kazuo Kato

Played Owner

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Shinji Kanai

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Yoshiro Ichikawa

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Saburo Tokito

Played Haruo

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Kōji Hio

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Manabu Morita

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Keijirō Shiga

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Tsunehiko Watase

Played Kanayama

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Michimaro Otabe

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Masaharu Arikawa

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Sen Okaji

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Isao Takanami

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Satoru Nabe

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Katsutoshi Akiyama

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Masako Araki

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Moeko Ezawa

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Ryūnosuke Kaneda

Played Hanezawa

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Mizuho Suzuki

Played Narrator (voice)

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Koji Tsuruta

Played Yabetora

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Tomisaburō Wakayama

Played Ryugoro Hanawa

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