Daigaku no Wakadaishō explained

Daigaku no Wakadaishō
Director:	Toshio Sugie
Producer:	Sanezumi Fujimoto
Starring:	Yūzō Kayama Ichirō Arishima
Music:	Kenjiro Hirose
Distributor:	Toho
Runtime:	82 minutes
Country:	Japan
Language:	Japanese

AKA Sir Galahad in Campus, is a 1961 Japanese musical comedy romance film starring Yūzō Kayama and directed by Toshio Sugie. It was the first in a series of films about the "Wakadaishō". Yuzo Kayama plays Yuichi Tanuma, ace of the swimming club of Kyonan university,^[1] against the rivalry of the lecherous Shinjiro Ishiyama, played by Kunie Tanaka, nicknamed, the Japanese name of the Japanese rat snake.

Cast

• Yūzō Kayama as Yuichi Tanuma, "Wakadaishō"
• Ichirō Arishima
• Chōko Iida as Grandmother
• Machiko Naka
• Yuriko Hoshi
• Reiko Dan as Kyoko Danno
• Akemi Kita
• Tatsuyoshi Ehara
• Kunie Tanaka as Shinjiro Ishiyama, "Aodaishō"

Release

The film was released on 8 July 1961 in Japan.^[2]

References

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Notes and References

1. Web site: Daigaku no Wakadaishō. KINENOTE. August 1, 2021.
2. 8630. 大学の若大将. 3 February 2013.