The Gate of Youth (1975 film) explained

The Gate of Youth
Director:	Kirirō Urayama
Producer:	Sanezumi Fujimoto
Based On:	The Gate of Youth by Hiroyuki Itsuki
Starring:	Ken Tanaka Tatsuya Nakadai
Music:	Riichirō Manabe
Country:	Japan
Language:	Japanese
Runtime:	188 minutes

is a 1975 Japanese drama film directed by Kirirō 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, as a 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 Shinsuke's stepmother
• Shinobu Ōtake as Ori-eh, as a teenager
• Rie Yamazaki as Ori-eh, as a little girl
• Toshie Kobayashi, Seki
• Jūkei Fujioka, Kijima
• Takuya Fujioka as Owner
• Akira Kobayashi, Goro
• Masumi Harukawa, Geisha
• Kazunaga Tsuji, Nagata
• Susumu Fujita, Yabe Tora

Notes and References

1. News: 2016-10-02. 「青春の門」２３年ぶり再開へ 週刊現代に. ja. Mainichi Daily News. 2020-09-19.
2. Web site: デジタル大辞泉プラス「青春の門」の解説. kotobank. 9 October 2021.