Return of the Champ (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.
Return of the ChampDrama, Comedy, Romance
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
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