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The Champion

05/01/1957

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1hr 37min

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Action

,Romance

,Drama

,Music

STORY

Eikichi Yamashiro, who is a former contender for the boxing title, works as a manager at a Club Champion owned by his fiancé Natsuko’s father. He lost a title match five years ago as he was besotted by Natsuko, but Eikichi actually cannot give up the dream of the championship. One day, he meets Shuntaro Fuma, who is a punk kid but a promising boxer, and realizes the dream that he himself could never fulfill. Then, they together start to train with the aim of the title. Mari Shiraki is an up-and-coming ballerina under the patronage of Eikichi as well. Eikichi forbids Shuntaro and Mari to be romantically involved with someone during their training, however, they start to go on a date. (source: Nikkatsu International)

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Tatsuya Mihashi
  • Yūjirō Ishihara
  • Yōko Minamida
  • Mie Kitahara
  • Taiji Tonoyama

    Directors

  • Umetsugu Inoue
  • Toshio Masuda

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • Nikkatsu Corporation

    Production Countries

  • Japan

LANGUAGES

  • Japanese

Cast

Tatsuya Mihashi

Eikichi Yamashiro

Yūjirō Ishihara

Shuntaro Fuma

Yōko Minamida

Natsuko Miyagawa

Mie Kitahara

Mari Shiraki

Taiji Tonoyama

Pote-chan

Masao Shimizu

Keisuke Miyagawa

Tōru Abe

Shinzo Takaoka

Mamoru Yokoyama

Champion Teshima

Joe Shishido

Boxer Ishiyama

Hyōe Enoki

Boxer Akagi

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