青春の門 / Seishun no mon / The Gate of Youth. 1975, 1981.

Mainly the story of Shinsuke and his stepmother, ranging from Shinsuke's infanthood to his mid-teens. Coal workers and the mines dominate nearly every aspect of the life of the characters. Shinsuke's father 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 kind Korean and a Harley-riding yakuza.

Based on a story by Hiroyuki Itsuki that was originally serialized in the magazine Shukan Gendai in 1969–70.
青春の門 / Seishun no mon / The Gate of Youth. 1975:
Director: Kirio Urayama.
Cast: Ken Tanaka, Tomohiro Tanabe, Ken Matsuda, Haruhiko Urayama, Tatsuya Nakadai, Sayuri Yoshinaga, Shinobu Ôtake, Rie Yamazaki, Toshie Kobayashi, Akira Kobayashi, Masumi Harukawa, Hisashi Igawa, Takeshi Katô.
Japan, 1975.
Language: Japanese.
青春の門 / Seishun no mon / The Gate of Youth. 1981:
Directors: Kinji Fukasaku, Koreyoshi Kurahara.
Cast: Bunta Sugawara, Keiko Matsuzaka, Kôichi Satô, Kaoru Sugita, Tomisaburô Wakayama, Kôji Tsuruta, Tsunehiko Watase, Takashi Hio, Jun'ichi Ishida, Ryûnosuke Kaneda, Saburô Tokitô.
Japan, 1981.
Language: Japanese.
Subtitles: English.
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青春の門 / Seishun no mon / The Gate of Youth. 1975, 1981.