Gate of Youth

Year: 1981

Runtime: 140 mins

Language: Japanese

Directors: Kinji Fukasaku, Koreyoshi Kurahara

Drama

Shinsuke grows up in a harsh mining town, his life ruled by the coal pits. After his father, a mine foreman, dies using dynamite to rescue trapped Korean miners, Shinsuke and his mother struggle to survive. Older men, including a Harley yakuza boss, offer support as the film weaves drama, romance and sex. Based on Hiroyuki Itsuki’s 1969‑70 story.

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