The Champion (1957)
勝利者
Overview
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.
What is The Champion about?
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. The Champion is a Action, Romance, Drama, Music movie, released on 1957-05-01, runtime 97 minutes.
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Directed by
Umetsugu Inoue
Cast
- Tatsuya Mihashi as Eikichi Yamashiro
- Yōko Minamida as Natsuko Miyagawa
- Yūjirō Ishihara as Shuntaro Fuma
- Mie Kitahara as Mari Shiraki
- Taiji Tonoyama as Pote-chan
- Jushiro Kobayashi
- Tōru Abe as Shinzo Takaoka
- Joe Shishido as Boxer Ishiyama
- Masao Shimizu as Keisuke Miyagawa
- Noriko Katsura as Yottan
- Hisae Urashima as Rose Minami
- Yoko Takeuchi
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