Gateway to Glory

Gateway to Glory

1969•2h 1m•7.5/10

War

Ratings

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7.5/10(2)

A young man leaves his widowed mother on her improverished farm and makes his career in the Japanese navy.

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Production

Daiei Film

Language

JA

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Kichiemon Nakamura II

Kichiemon Nakamura II

Ichiro Hirata

Ken Utsui

Ken Utsui

Toru Minegishi

Toru Minegishi

Kōjirō Hongō

Kōjirō Hongō

Jun Fujimaki

Jun Fujimaki

Mikio Narita

Mikio Narita

Akio Hasegawa

Akio Hasegawa

Shigeru Tsuyuguchi

Shigeru Tsuyuguchi

Eiko Azusa

Eiko Azusa

Toshiko

Masako Mizuki

Nobuyo

Yūko Hamada

Yūko Hamada

Geisha

Osamu Sakai

Sei Hiraizumi

Sei Hiraizumi

Morishita

Kenji Sugawara

Kenji Sugawara

Hiroshi Kawaguchi

Hiroshi Kawaguchi

Asao Uchida

Asao Uchida

Yūzō Hayakawa

Yūzō Hayakawa

Kumeko Urabe

Kumeko Urabe

Sachiko Murase

Sachiko Murase

Fusayo

Jutarō Hōjō

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