Drama ·Comedy ·Romance · Japan · 1981 · 1h 39m

Return of the Champ

帰ってきた若大将

Director

Cast

Yūzō Kayama as Yūichi Tannuma Kunie Tanaka as Shinjiro Ishiyama Ryoko Sakaguchi as Junko Minagawa Agnes Lam See-Chung as Flora Kirin Kiki as Tomoe Natsuko Kahara as Mari O'Hara

Crew

Shoji Ueda — Director of Photography Michiko Ikeda — Editor Yasuo Tanami — Screenplay

Synopsis

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.

Key Collaborators

Tsugunobu Kotani Director Shoji Ueda Director of Photography Michiko Ikeda Editor Yasuo Tanami Screenplay

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