Digital Script ArchivesDetail
The Gate of Youth
- No.
- ST-00183
- Year
- 1976
- Broadcated
/Created by - 毎日放送
- Scriptwriter
- Onoda Isamu
- Original author
- 五木寛之
- Original name
- 青春の門
- Format
- drama seriese
- Casts
- 森島タエ…小川真由美、伊吹重蔵…北大路欣也、塙竜五郎…中村敦夫、牧織江…秋吉久美子、伊吹信介…江藤潤三、牧正作…矢野宣、牧昌江…浦川麗子、辰次(塙組)…林邦史郎、勝三(塙組)…森下明、次郎(塙組)…市川好朗、よし江(女給)…曾我町子、幼年の信介…栗又厚、往年の織江…飯島洋美、ほか
- Awards
- TV Drama Masterpiece / Best Award in the JBA Awards
- Overview
- It is a TV series adaptation of Hiroyuki Itsuki’s bestseller novel and won the Best Award in the JBA Awards. This impactful period drama was set in Chikuho, Fukuoka in the Taisho to early Showa era. It portrays the growth of Shinsuke Ibuki, the son of a coal miner, and the robust human drama that unfolds in a coal mining region. With Chikuho area’s natural features in the background, the series portrays the love between men and women, familial love, the friendship between men, and sexual awakening, among other aspects. The cast includes Mayumi Ogawa, Kinya Kitaoji, Atsuo Nakamura, Jun Eto, and Kumiko Akiyoshi. Shigezo, a coal miner who lives only with his son Shinsuke, remarries Tae who works as a waitress at a cafe. Shinsuke is raised by Tae, but not long after that Shigezo is killed in a coal mine accident. Then, Tae falls ill due to working too hard, so the two go two live with Ryugoro, a member of the yakuza crime syndicate who once fought over Tae with Shigezo. Eventually, Shinsuke grows and reaches adolescence... The first season “Chikuho” (26 episodes) was followed by a second season “Jiritsu” (26 episodes) in which Shinsuke leaves home and moves to Tokyo to go to university. It portrays how Shinsuke grows as a person while experiencing various encounters and stressful issues. The Gate of Youth has been adapted into TV series and films multiple times.
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