The Champion
勝利者
Watch the champion on 123Movies. 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.
- Genre: Action, Romance, Drama, Music
- Country: Japan
- Director: Umetsugu Inoue
- Cast: Tatsuya Mihashi, Yōko Minamida, Yūjirō Ishihara, Mie Kitahara, Taiji Tonoyama, Jushiro Kobayashi, Tōru Abe, Joe Shishido, Masao Shimizu, Noriko Katsura, Hisae Urashima, Yoko Takeuchi, Keiko Tama, Zenji Yamada, Hiroshi Ogino, Seijiro Takano, Kazuo Kinugasa, Hyōe Enoki, Mamoru Yokoyama, Akira Kobayashi,
