The Champion (1957)
6.4
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01 May 1957
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Action
Romance
Drama
Music
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.
Featured Crew
| Umetsugu Inoue | Writer |
| Toru Kino | Original Story |
| Umetsugu Inoue | Screenplay |
| Toshio Masuda | Screenplay |
| Isamu Onoda | Writer |
| Shizuo Sakagami | Producer |
| Umetsugu Inoue | Director |
| Kazumi Iwasa | Director of Photography |
| Ko Fujibayashi | Lighting Technician |
| Takashi Matsuyama | Art Direction |
