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The Champion

Umetsugu Inoue

1957 • 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 b...

The Champion

Cast

Tatsuya Mihashi

Tatsuya MihashiEikichi Yamashiro

Yōko Minamida

Yōko MinamidaNatsuko Miyagawa

Yūjirō Ishihara

Yūjirō IshiharaShuntaro Fuma

Mie Kitahara

Mie KitaharaMari Shiraki

Taiji Tonoyama

Taiji TonoyamaPote-chan

Jushiro Kobayashi

Tōru Abe

Tōru AbeShinzo Takaoka

Joe Shishido

Joe ShishidoBoxer Ishiyama

Masao Shimizu

Masao ShimizuKeisuke Miyagawa

Noriko KatsuraYottan

Hisae UrashimaRose Minami

Keiko TamaOp-chan

Zenji Yamada

Zenji YamadaCoach Yamamoto

Hiroshi OginoJohnny Minami

Crew

Umetsugu Inoue

Umetsugu InoueWriter

Toshio Masuda

Toshio MasudaScreenplay

Ko Fujibayashi

Ko FujibayashiLighting Technician

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