Ereki no Wakadaishō

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Eleki no Wakadaishō
Directed by Katsumi Iwauchi
Written by Yasuo Tanami
Starring Yuzo Kayama
Ichirō Arishima
Music by Kenjiro Hirose
Distributed by Toho
Release dates December 19, 1965
Running time 94 minutes
Country Japan
Language Japanese

Eleki no Wakadaishō (エレキの若大将, "The young electric guitar wizard") is a 1965 Japanese film starring Yuzo Kayama. It is the sixth in the Wakadaishō series of films.

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

  • Yuzo 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
  • Tatsuyoshi Ehara as Eguchi
  • Yuriko Hoshi as Sumiko Hoshida
  • Ken Uehara

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