The Gate of Youth (1975 film)

The Gate of Youth
The Gate of Youth
	Theatrical poster
Directed by	Kirio Urayama
Written by	Akira Hayasaka; Kirio Urayama;
Based on	The Gate of Youth by Hiroyuki Itsuki
Produced by	Sanezumi Fujimoto
Starring	Ken Tanaka; Tatsuya Nakadai; Sayuri Yoshinaga; Shinobu Ōtake;
Cinematography	Hiroshi Murai
Edited by	Nobuo Ogawa
Music by	Riichirō Manabe
Release date	15 February 1975;
Running time	188 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

The Gate of Youth (Japanese: 青春の門, Hepburn: Seishun no mon) is a 1975 Japanese drama film directed by Kirio Urayama from a story by Hiroyuki Itsuki.^[1]^[2] A direct sequel titled Seishun no mon: Jiritsu hen (青春の門: 自立篇, transl. The Gate of Youth Part 2), also directed by Urayama, was released in 1977.

Cast

Ken Tanaka as Shinsuke (teenager)
- Tomohiro Tanabe as Shinsuke (aged 10)
- Ken Matsuda as Shinsuke (aged 6)
- Haruhiko Urayama as Shinsuke (aged 3)
Tatsuya Nakadai as Yuki, Shinsuke's father
Sayuri Yoshinaga as Tae, Shinsuke's stepmother
Shinobu Ōtake as Ori-eh (teenager)
- Rie Yamazaki as Ori-eh (child)
Toshie Kobayashi as Seki
Jūkei Fujioka as Kijima
Takuya Fujioka as Owner
Akira Kobayashi as Goro
Masumi Harukawa as Geisha
Kazunaga Tsuji as Nagata
Susumu Fujita as Yabe Tora

References

^ "「青春の門」２３年ぶり再開へ週刊現代に". Mainichi Daily News (in Japanese). 2016-10-02. Retrieved 2020-09-19.
^ "デジタル大辞泉プラス「青春の門」の解説". kotobank. Retrieved 9 October 2021.

External links

The Gate of Youth at IMDb

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[1] "「青春の門」２３年ぶり再開へ週刊現代に". Mainichi Daily News (in Japanese). 2016-10-02. Retrieved 2020-09-19.

[2] "デジタル大辞泉プラス「青春の門」の解説". kotobank. Retrieved 9 October 2021.

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