Daigaku no Wakadaishō

1961 Japanese film
  • July 8, 1961 (1961-07-08)
Running time
82 minutesCountryJapanLanguageJapanese

Daigaku no Wakadaishō (大学の若大将) AKA Sir Galahad in Campus, is a 1961 Japanese musical comedy romance film starring Yūzō Kayama and directed by Toshio Sugie. It was the first in a series of films about the "Wakadaishō". Yuzo Kayama plays Yuichi Tanuma, ace of the swimming club of Kyonan university,[1] against the rivalry of the lecherous Shinjiro Ishiyama, played by Kunie Tanaka, nicknamed Aodaishō (青大将), the Japanese name of the Japanese rat snake.

Cast

  • Yūzō Kayama as Yuichi Tanuma, "Wakadaishō"
  • Ichirō Arishima
  • Chōko Iida as Grandmother
  • Machiko Naka
  • Yuriko Hoshi
  • Reiko Dan as Kyoko Danno
  • Akemi Kita
  • Tatsuyoshi Ehara
  • Kunie Tanaka as Shinjiro Ishiyama, "Aodaishō"

Release

The film was released on 8 July 1961 in Japan.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Daigaku no Wakadaishō". KINENOTE. Retrieved August 1, 2021.
  2. ^ "大学の若大将". Japanese Cinema Database (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 3 February 2013.

Bibliography

  • Schilling, Mark (1997). The Encyclopedia of Japanese Pop Culture. Weatherhill. pp. 281–284. ISBN 0-8348-0380-1.

External links

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