The original 'hot guy in a boat' cinematic universe starts here, baby.
Romantic melodrama about the loves and adventures of Kageyama (Takarada) and his fellow oarsmen at Meikyo University.
Acting
Takarada's smolder could power a small village. The man delivers.
Cinematography
Sun-drenched university scenes that make crew practice look like poetry.
Director
Shūe Matsubayashi
Akira Takarada
Katsumi Kageyama
Izumi Yukimura
Harumi Yada
Ryō Ikebe
Tatsuya Urano
Reiko Dan
Junko Tsujii
Akira Kubo
Teppei Taki
Tatsuyoshi Ehara
Saburo Tsukuda
Hiroshi Tachikawa
Toranosuke Saigo
Rumiko Sasa
Terumi Yada
Mitsuko Kusabue
Hisami Urano
Fubuki Koshiji
Akiko Kageyama
Ken Uehara
Kentaro Taki
Chishū Ryū
Professor Fujii
Ranko Hanai
Ayako Uozumi
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of Toho's 'college youth' genre boom, this helped establish the 'ninkyo' student archetype that dominated Japanese cinema for a decade.
Takarada and Ikebe became lifelong friends after this shoot; their competitive dynamic here mirrors their real-life Toho contract rivalry.
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