Film
Return of the Champ
Japan- Director
- Tsugunobu Kotani
- Year
- 1981
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.
Top 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
Makoto Matsuzaki
Uematsu (Driver of Ishiyama)
Yū Fujiki
Okuyama
北川欽三
Postal Clerk (Post)
Ren Yamamoto
Taizo Sayama
Seō (Captain of Kyōnan Track and Field Team)
Megumi Sono
Osami Nabe
Central Post Office Staff
Jun Tazaki
Shinki Ishiyama
Directed by
Tsugunobu Kotani
Written by
Yasuo Tanami