The Boss's Son at College

The Boss's Son at College

1933 · 85 min · ★ 7.5

The story deals with Fuji, nicknamed Waka-danna (Young Master), the star athlete on his university's rugby team. The son of a wealthy soy sauce manufacturer, Fuji basks in the glory of his athletic celebrity. Attracting the attention of admiring young women, Fuji resists family pressure to settle down and marry after college. Instead, he spends much of his time drinking and womanizing, behavior which eventually leads the college officials to expel him from the team.

Directed by Hiroshi Shimizu

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Cast

Mitsugu Fujii Minoru Fujii
Hideo Takeda Father Gohei
Yoshiko Tsubouchi Younger sister Namiko
Sumiko Mizukubo Younger sister Miyako
Takeshi Sakamoto Fujii's uncle Muraki
Tatsuo Saitō Wakahara, husband of Namiko
Shin Tokudaiji Head clerk Chûichi
Kyôko Mitsukawa Hantama Hoshichiyo
Kinuko Wakamizu Geisha Ofune
Kenji Oyama
Shinichi Himori
Isamu Yamaguchi Ôkawara, a rugby player

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