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Return of the Champ

Return of the Champ1981

★10.099 minDramaComedyRomance

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.

Director

Tsugunobu Kotani

Writer

Score

Ken'ichirō Morioka 弾厚作

Stars

Yūzō Kayama Kunie Tanaka Ryoko Sakaguchi

Cast19

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
M
Makoto Matsuzaki
as Uematsu (Driver of Ishiyama)
Yū Fujiki
as Okuyama
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北川欽三
as Postal Clerk (Post)
Ren Yamamoto
T
Taizo Sayama
as Seō (Captain of Kyōnan Track and Field Team)
M
Megumi Sono
Osami Nabe
as Central Post Office Staff
Jun Tazaki
as Shinki Ishiyama
Ichirō Arishima
as Kutarō Tannuma

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