Ereki no Wakadaishō
1965 Japanese film
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Campus A-Go-Go (エレキの若大将; "The young electric guitar wizard") is a 1965 Japanese film starring Yūzō Kayama. It is the sixth in the Wakadaishō series of films.[1][2]
Directed byKatsumi Iwauchi
Written byYasuo Tanami
Music byKenjiro Hirose
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| Directed by | Katsumi Iwauchi |
| Written by | Yasuo Tanami |
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| Music by | Kenjiro Hirose |
| Distributed by | Toho |
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Running time | 94 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
The film was inspired by the mid-sixties electric guitar boom created by the popularity of groups such as The Beatles and The Ventures. The sport featured in this film is American football.
Cast
- Yūzō Kayama as Yuichi Tanuma ("Wakadaishō")
- Ichirō Arishima as Kyūtarō, Yuichi's father
- Machiko Naka as Teruko Tanuma, Yuichi's sister
- Choko Iida as Riki, Yuichi's grandmother
- Kunie Tanaka as Shinjiro Ishiyama ("Aodaishō")
- Minoru Takada
- Toshio Kurosawa as Izawa
- Tatsuyoshi Ehara as Eguchi
- Yuriko Hoshi as Sumiko Hoshida
- Ken Uehara
- Takeshi Terauchi as Takashi
