Return of the Champ

Original title: 帰ってきた若大将

Duration: 99 min

Release date: 1981-02-11

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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.

Drama Comedy Romance

帰ってきた若大将

Casting arrow_drop_down

as Yūichi Tannuma

as Shinjiro Ishiyama

Ryoko Sakaguchi

Ryoko Sakaguchi

as Junko Minagawa

Agnes Lam See-Chung

Agnes Lam See-Chung

Toshihiko Yamamoto

Toshihiko Yamamoto

as Kuwata (Photographer)

Tatsuyoshi Ehara

Tatsuyoshi Ehara

as Toshio Eguchi

as Teruko Eguchi

Makoto Matsuzaki

Makoto Matsuzaki

as Uematsu (Driver of Ishiyama)

as Postal Clerk (Post)

as Seō (Captain of Kyōnan Track and Field Team)

as Central Post Office Staff

as Shinki Ishiyama

Ichirō Arishima

Ichirō Arishima

as Kutarō Tannuma

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Crew arrow_drop_down

Tsugunobu Kotani

Tsugunobu Kotani

Ken'ichirō Morioka

Ken'ichirō Morioka

Hideki Mochizuki

Hideki Mochizuki

Nobuyuki Tanaka

Nobuyuki Tanaka

Sound Recordist

Director of Photography

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