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The Champion (1957)
Directed by Umetsugu Inoue
Action, Romance, Drama, Music · 1h 37m
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.
Cast
Tatsuya Mihashi
Eikichi Yamashiro
Yōko Minamida
Natsuko Miyagawa
Yūjirō Ishihara
Shuntaro Fuma
Mie Kitahara
Mari Shiraki
Taiji Tonoyama
Pote-chan
Tōru Abe
Shinzo Takaoka
Joe Shishido
Boxer Ishiyama
Masao Shimizu
Keisuke Miyagawa
Crew
- Director
- Umetsugu Inoue
- Screenplay
- Umetsugu Inoue, Toshio Masuda
- Writer
- Umetsugu Inoue, Isamu Onoda
- Director of Photography
- Kazumi Iwasa
- Original Music Composer
- Taichiro Kosugi
- Producer
- Shizuo Sakagami
Details
- Original title
- 勝利者
- Release date
- 1957-05-01
- Runtime
- 1h 37m
- Genres
- Action, Romance, Drama, Music
- Original language
- JA
- Spoken languages
- Japanese
- Countries
- Japan
- Production
- Nikkatsu Corporation