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College Champ

College Champ

Part of Wakadaishō (Young Guy) Series

1962•1h 36m•6.0/10
Comedy

Ratings

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6.0/10(1)

Yuuichi Tanuma, our young hero, is a senior at Kyonan University and captain of the marathon team. His parents run a sukiyaki restaurant back in his hometown. When his allowance stops coming in, Yuuichi moves back in with his folks to work part-time. He has his eyes set on nationals in the fall, until one day he runs into a young woman who's fallen into trouble with the Lightning Gang...

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Production

TOHO

Language

JA

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Yūzō Kayama

Yūzō Kayama

Yuichi Tanuma

Yuriko Hoshi

Yuriko Hoshi

Sumiko Nakasaka

Yōko Fujiyama

Yōko Fujiyama

Akemi Kita

Akemi Kita

Kayoko Suzuki

Machiko Naka

Machiko Naka

Akiko Tanuma

Nami Tamura

Nami Tamura

Tatsuyoshi Ehara

Tatsuyoshi Ehara

Kunie Tanaka

Kunie Tanaka

Chōko Iida

Chōko Iida

Riki Tanuma

Ken Uehara

Ken Uehara

Ichirō Arishima

Ichirō Arishima

Kyuutarou Tanuma

Sachio Sakai

Sachio Sakai

Akira Wakamatsu

Akira Wakamatsu

Hiroshi Sekita

Wataru Ōmae

Wataru Ōmae

Akira Yamada

Chōtarō Tōgin

Chōtarō Tōgin

Shigeki Ishida

Tadao Nakamaru

Tadao Nakamaru

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