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Return of the Champ

1981 · Tsugunobu Kotani · 99 min

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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.

Yūzō KayamaYūichi TannumaKunie TanakaShinjiro IshiyamaRyoko SakaguchiJunko MinagawaAgnes Lam See-ChungFloraKirin KikiTomoeNatsuko KaharaMari O'HaraToshihiko YamamotoKuwata (Photographer)Tatsuyoshi EharaToshio EguchiHisako MandaUraraMachiko NakaTeruko EguchiMMakoto MatsuzakiUematsu (Driver of Ishiyama)Yū FujikiOkuyama北北川欽三Postal Clerk (Post)Ren YamamotoTTaizo SayamaSeō (Captain of Kyōnan Track and Field Team)

Cast

Yūzō KayamaYūichi TannumaKunie TanakaShinjiro IshiyamaRyoko SakaguchiJunko MinagawaAgnes Lam See-ChungFloraKirin KikiTomoeNatsuko KaharaMari O'HaraToshihiko YamamotoKuwata (Photographer)Tatsuyoshi EharaToshio EguchiHisako MandaUraraMachiko NakaTeruko EguchiMMakoto MatsuzakiUematsu (Driver of Ishiyama)Yū FujikiOkuyama北北川欽三Postal Clerk (Post)Ren YamamotoTTaizo SayamaSeō (Captain of Kyōnan Track and Field Team)

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