is a 1965 Japanese film starring

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. 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

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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") *

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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 * Toshio Kurosawa as Izawa * Tatsuyoshi Ehara as Eguchi * Yuriko Hoshi as Sumiko Hoshida * Ken Uehara * Takeshi Terauchi 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