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Return of the Champ

19810.0 / 1099 min
Drama, Comedy, Romance

Overview

A not-so-young "Young Guy" (Kayama) returns in this reunion feature, which takes Yuichi and Ishiyama to New York, where the former runs in the New York Marathon and romances TV producer Minagawa. A delightful throwback to Toho's '60s style filmmaking.

Cast

Yūzō Kayama

Yūzō Kayama

Yūichi Tannuma

Kunie Tanaka

Kunie Tanaka

Shinjiro Ishiyama

Ryoko Sakaguchi

Ryoko Sakaguchi

Junko Minagawa

Agnes Lam See-Chung

Agnes Lam See-Chung

Flora

Kirin Kiki

Kirin Kiki

Tomoe

Natsuko Kahara

Natsuko Kahara

Mari O'Hara

Toshihiko Yamamoto

Toshihiko Yamamoto

Kuwata (Photographer)

Tatsuyoshi Ehara

Tatsuyoshi Ehara

Toshio Eguchi

Hisako Manda

Hisako Manda

Urara

Machiko Naka

Machiko Naka

Teruko Eguchi

Makoto Matsuzaki

Makoto Matsuzaki

Uematsu (Driver of Ishiyama)

Yū Fujiki

Yū Fujiki

Okuyama

北川欽三

北川欽三

Postal Clerk (Post)

Ren Yamamoto

Ren Yamamoto

Taizo Sayama

Taizo Sayama

Seō (Captain of Kyōnan Track and Field Team)

Megumi Sono

Megumi Sono

Osami Nabe

Osami Nabe

Central Post Office Staff

Jun Tazaki

Jun Tazaki

Shinki Ishiyama

Ichirō Arishima

Ichirō Arishima

Kutarō Tannuma

Crew

Tsugunobu Kotani

Tsugunobu Kotani

Director

Yasuo Tanami

Yasuo Tanami

Screenplay

弾厚作

弾厚作

Music

Ken'ichirō Morioka

Ken'ichirō Morioka

Music

Shôji Ueda

Shôji Ueda

Cinematography

Hideki Mochizuki

Hideki Mochizuki

Gaffer

Kazuo Satsuya

Kazuo Satsuya

Art Direction

Nobuyuki Tanaka

Nobuyuki Tanaka

Sound Recordist

Michiko Ikeda

Michiko Ikeda

Editor