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Wakadaishō (Young Guy) Series

Series of popular sports film from Toho featuring Yūzō Kayama as the star.

Sir Galahad in Campus poster
7.0

The first instalment in Toho's popular Wakadaishō (Young Guy) series.

Sir Galahad in Campus

1961

Pride of the Campus poster
8.3

Young Yuichi (Kayama) romances Sumiko (Hoshi) while helping out at his family's restaurant, singing in a band, and preparing for an important boxing tournament.

Pride of the Campus

1962

College Champ poster
7.5

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...

College Champ

1962

Young Guy in Hawaii poster
6.5

Fourth entry in Toho's Wakadaishō series directed by Jun Fukuda and released on a simultaneous screening with Matango. Filmed on location in Hawaii.

Young Guy in Hawaii

1963

Young Guy at Sea poster
7.5

Eternal young guy, Yuzo Kayama stars in this fifth installment of the Young Guy series. Young Guy returns to the swim team from the first movie, boards his rival Blue Guy's boat, and meets a young woman on a small island.

Young Guy at Sea

1965

Campus A Go-Go poster
8.0

Young Guy (Kayama) competes in an electric guitar competition and plays American-style football.

Campus A Go-Go

1965

It Started In The Alps poster
8.0

Seventh movie of the Wakadaishō series directed by Kengo Furusawa.

It Started In The Alps

1966

Forever With You poster
6.5

No synopsis available yet.

Forever With You

1966

Let's Go! Young Guy poster
7.5

College student Yuichi Tanuma is fired up for Nationals where his university Kyonan will face off against their rivals, Seihoku. Yuichi has his sights set on winning football gold, but his father, who wants him to take over his sukiyaki restaurant, isn't too keen on this. Set in Kyoto, Hong Kong, and Macau, we follow Yuichi as he falls in love and chases after his dreams.

Let's Go! Young Guy

1967

Young Guy in the South Pacific poster
7.0

The 10th film in the Wakadaisho series, the Young Ace Yuichi Tanuma travels to Hawaii to train in deep-sea navigation. The Young Ace comes to the rescue of various women in peril, teaches a would-be restauranteur how to make sukiyaki, thwarts the romantic aspirations of his rival Ao Daisho, and competes in the finals of the Japan Judo Championship at the Nippon Budokan. Shot across various locations across Hawaii, Tahiti, Saipan, and Tokyo.

Young Guy in the South Pacific

1967

Circuit-A-Go-Go poster
6.0

Rally themed entry in the Wakadaisho series

Circuit-A-Go-Go

1967

Young Guy in Rio poster
6.0

Yuzo Kayama is captain of the Fencing team and visits Brazil to work in the shipyards with his professor. There he meets his beautiful daughter (Mie Nakao) and a tour guide (Yuriko Hoshi), but his work and his band, The Ranchers, keep him busy.

Young Guy in Rio

1968

Young Guy Graduates poster
6.5

Young Guy graduates from University.

Young Guy Graduates

1969

Young Guy on Mt. Cook poster
6.5

Yuzo Kayama visits New Zealand

Young Guy on Mt. Cook

1969

Bravo, Young Guy poster
7.0

A film by Katsumi Iwauchi.

Bravo, Young Guy

1970

Get Your Sky, Young Guy poster
6.0

Yuzo Kayama does skydiving.

Get Your Sky, Young Guy

1970

Young Guy, the Ace Rider poster
NR

Aodaisho finally graduates

Young Guy, the Ace Rider

1971