The Champion (1957)
勝利者
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.
- Date of release
- 1957-05-01
- TMDB
- 6.7 / 10 (6)
- Runtime
- 1h 37m
- Genres
- Action, Romance, Drama, Music
- Director
- Umetsugu Inoue
Casting
- Tatsuya Mihashi — Eikichi Yamashiro
- Yōko Minamida — Natsuko Miyagawa
- Yūjirō Ishihara — Shuntaro Fuma
- Mie Kitahara — Mari Shiraki
- Taiji Tonoyama — Pote-chan
- Jushiro Kobayashi
- Tōru Abe — Shinzo Takaoka
- Joe Shishido — Boxer Ishiyama
- Masao Shimizu — Keisuke Miyagawa
- Noriko Katsura — Yottan
- Hisae Urashima — Rose Minami
- Yoko Takeuchi
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