Return of the Champ
1981 · 99 min
Drama · Comedy · Romance
★ 10.0A 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.
Crew
- Director Tsugunobu Kotani
- Screenplay Yasuo Tanami
- Director of Photography Shoji Ueda
Cast
Yūzō Kayama
Yūichi Tannuma
Kunie Tanaka
Shinjiro Ishiyama
Ryoko Sakaguchi
Junko Minagawa
Agnes Lam See-Chung
Flora
Kirin Kiki
Tomoe
Natsuko Kahara
Mari O'Hara
Toshihiko Yamamoto
Kuwata (Photographer)
Tatsuyoshi Ehara
Toshio Eguchi
Hisako Manda
Urara
Machiko Naka
Teruko Eguchi
- M
Makoto Matsuzaki
Uematsu (Driver of Ishiyama)
Yū Fujiki
Okuyama
Crew
- Director — Tsugunobu Kotani
- Screenplay — Yasuo Tanami
- Director of Photography — Shoji Ueda
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