Return of the Champ

Return of the Champ (1981)


  • Genre: Drama, Comedy, Romance
  • Release Date: 1981-02-11
  • Runtime: 1h 39min
  • Language: 日本語
  • Production Company: TOHO
  • Production Country: Japan
  • Director: Tsugunobu Kotani

Summary

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.

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  • 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

  • Toshihiko Yamamoto

    as Kuwata (Photographer)

  • Tatsuyoshi Ehara

    as Toshio Eguchi

  • Hisako Manda

    as Urara

  • Machiko Naka

    as Teruko Eguchi

  • Makoto Matsuzaki

    as Uematsu (Driver of Ishiyama)

  • Yū Fujiki

    as Okuyama

  • 北川欽三

    as Postal Clerk (Post)

  • Ren Yamamoto

    as

  • Taizo Sayama

    as Seō (Captain of Kyōnan Track and Field Team)

  • Megumi Sono

    as

  • Osami Nabe

    as Central Post Office Staff

  • Jun Tazaki

    as Shinki Ishiyama

  • Ichirō Arishima

    as Kutarō Tannuma
Directing Tsugunobu Kotani Director
Writing Yasuo Tanami Screenplay
Sound 弾厚作 Music
Sound Ken'ichirō Morioka Music
Crew Shôji Ueda Cinematography
Lighting Hideki Mochizuki Gaffer
Art Kazuo Satsuya Art Direction
Sound Nobuyuki Tanaka Sound Recordist
Editing Michiko Ikeda Editor

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