is a 1965 Japanese film starring

Yūzō Kayama is a Japanese popular musician, singer-songwriter and actor. Life and career Son of mid-twentieth century film star Ken Uehara,and actress Yoko Kozakura, ( ja) Kayama graduated from Keio University. Yuzo Kayama signed with Toho and made hi ...

. It is the sixth in the

Wakadaishō series The Wakadaishō series is a series of films starring Yūzō Kayama and Kunie Tanaka. The first film in the series was '' Daigaku no Wakadaishō'' from 1961. Masao Kusakari portrayed the role of Wakadaishō in two other films. All of the films st ...

of films. The film was inspired by the mid-sixties electric guitar boom created by the popularity of groups such as

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and

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. The sport featured in this film is

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Cast

as Yuichi Tanuma ("Wakadaishō") *

Ichirō Arishima was a Japanese comedian and actor. Nicknamed "The Japanese Chaplin", he is best known outside Japan for his appearance as Tako, the promoter of King Kong in ''King Kong vs. Godzilla'' (1962). Arishima's real name was Tadao Oshima. He was bor ...

as Kyūtarō, Yuichi's father * Machiko Naka as Teruko Tanuma, Yuichi's sister *

Choko Iida Choko may refer to: *An alternative name for Chayote, a green vegetable of the gourd family *Chokó languages, an alternative name for the Choco languages * Chöko, a Tibeto-Burman language *Choko (cup), a type of sake cup * Choko (game) *The name ...

as Riki, Yuichi's grandmother *

Kunie Tanaka was a Japanese actor. Tanaka first made a name for himself as the lecherous antagonist of the ''Wakadaishō'' series (1961–1981) of films. He is also well-known for his roles in Kinji Fukasaku's yakuza films, namely the '' Battles Without Hono ...

as Shinjiro Ishiyama ("Aodaishō") * Minoru Takada * Toshio Kurosawa as Izawa *

Tatsuyoshi Ehara Tatsuyoshi (written: or ) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *, Japanese speed skater *, Japanese baseball player Tatsuyoshi (written: ) is also a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: ...

as Eguchi *

Yuriko Hoshi , real name , was a Japanese actress. She appeared in more than 90 films beginning in 1959. Career Born in Tokyo but raised in Kobe, Hoshi made her film debut in 1958 at Toho. Hoshi died in Kyoto, Japan, at age 74. Selected filmography Film ...

as Sumiko Hoshida *

Ken Uehara was a Japanese film actor. He appeared in more than 200 films between 1935 and 1990. He starred in '' Entotsu no mieru basho'', which was entered in the 3rd Berlin International Film Festival. His son is the singer and actor Yūzō Kayama. Sel ...

Takeshi Terauchi , also known as Terry, was a Japanese instrumental rock guitarist. His preferred guitar was a black Mosrite with a white pickguard. His guitar sound was characterized by frenetic picking, heavy use of tremolo picking and frequent use of his gu ...

as Takashi

References

External links

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Eleki No Wakadaisho (The Young General's Electric Guitar) 1965
Japanese sports comedy films 1965 films 1960s Japanese films 1960s Japanese-language films American football films {{1960s-Japan-film-stub