Daigaku no Wakadaishō

Daigaku no Wakadaishō (大学の若大将) AKA Sir Galahad in Campus, is a 1961 Japanese musical comedy romance film starring Yūzō Kayama and directed by Toshio Sugie. It was the first in a series of films about the "Wakadaishō". Yuzo Kayama plays Yuichi Tanuma, ace of the swimming club of Kyonan university,[1] against the rivalry of the lecherous Shinjiro Ishiyama, played by Kunie Tanaka, nicknamed Aodaishō (青大将), the Japanese name of the Japanese rat snake.

Daigaku no Wakadaishō
Directed byToshio Sugie
Written byRyōzō Kasahara
Yasuo Tanami
Produced bySanezumi Fujimoto
StarringYūzō Kayama
Ichirō Arishima
Music byKenjiro Hirose
Distributed byToho
Release date
  • July 8, 1961 (1961-07-08)
Running time
82 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

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Release

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The film was released on 8 July 1961 in Japan.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Daigaku no Wakadaishō". KINENOTE. Retrieved August 1, 2021.
  2. ^ "大学の若大将". Japanese Cinema Database (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 3 February 2013.

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