The Gate of Youth

3h 8 min

1975

Japan

6.8

Shinsuke's life from infancy to teens revolves around coal mining. His father sacrifices himself rescuing trapped miners. Shinsuke and his mother receive support from a kind Korean man and a yakuza biker as they cope with the loss.

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Cast

Ken Tanaka

Shinsuke, as a teenager

Tomohiro Tanabe

Shinsuke - aged 10

Ken Matsuda

Shinsuke, aged 6

Haruhiko Urayama

Shinsuke - aged 3

Tatsuya Nakadai

Yuki, Shinsuke's father

Sayuri Yoshinaga

Shinsuke's stepmother

Shinobu Ôtake

Ori-eh, as a teenager

Rie Yamazaki

Ori-eh - as little girl

Toshie Kobayashi

Seki

Akira Kobayashi

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