The story
The story of Shinsuke, a young man who lives through a stormy life as a poverty-stricken coal miner. Ranging from Shinsuke's infanthood to his mid-teens. Coal workers and the mines dominate nearly every aspect of his life. Shinsuke's father a group leader at the mine, dies while bravely using dynamite to rescue a group of trapped Korean miners. Several older men attempt to help he and his mother cope, including a friendly Harley-riding yakuza boss. This movie has it all, drama, romance, sex, yakuza and violence! It is based on a story by Hiroyuki Itsuki that was originally serialized in the magazine Shukan Gendai in 1969-70.
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Bunta SugawaraShigezo Ibuki
Keiko MatsuzakaTae Ibuki
Koichi SatoShisuke Ibuki
Kaoru SugitaOrie Maki
Nenji KobayashiChotaTaiko Shinbashi
Taiko ShinbashiMasae Maki
Aoi NakajimaKimiyo Hirai
Junichi IshidaHirano
Takeshi ŌbayashiCast
Sakae UmezuCast
Kantarō SugaIchimuraExplore the crew
- Editor
- Akira Suzuki
- Director
- Kinji Fukasaku
- Director
- Koreyoshi Kurahara
- Writer
- Tatsuo Nogami
- Original Music Composer
- Hako Yamasaki
- Director of Photography
- Tôru Nakajima
- Director of Photography
- Hanjirō Nakazawa