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It has been six months since the tragic accident in Joe and Rikiishi's fight. Joe believes he has overcome Rikiishi's death and decides to make a comeback. Joe does make a successful comeback by scoring 5 KO's by body blows. Joe is then given a shot at the national title as a means by the boxing commission to put him down. The champion, Tiger Ozaki makes use of Joe's habits and ends up making Joe's corner throw in the towel. Joe is afraid to throw punches at the face because of what happened to Rikiishi. Youko, Joe's love interest and the owner of the gym where Rikiishi trained at recruits a world ranked boxer from Venezuela, Carlos Rivera, to get Joe back on his feet and pursue his boxing career to the regional and world ranks.
Year: 1981
Genre: Action, Animation, Drama
Studio: SANKYO, Fuji Eiga Company, Studio Aoi
Director: Osamu Dezaki
Cast: Teruhiko Aoi, Jūkei Fujioka, Toshiyuki Hosokawa, Fumi Dan, Shiro Kishibe, Masumi Okada
Crew: Hirokata Takahashi (Director of Photography), Osamu Dezaki (Director), Ikki Kajiwara (Writer), Shichiro Kobayashi (Art Direction), Ichiro Araki (Music), Ryutaro Nakamura (Key Animation)
Runtime: 112 minutes
Release: Jul 18, 1981
IMDb: 7.70/10 by 18 users
Popularity: 1
Country: Japan
Language: 日本語
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
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