Drama ·Action · Japan · 1960 · 1h 57m

Victory and Defeat

勝利と敗北

Director

Cast

Hiroshi Kawaguchi as Muneo Yamanaka Ayako Wakao as Shizuko Abe Kōjirō Hongō as Tetsutaro Hata So Yamamura as Kimpei Minegishi Hitomi Nozoe as Yoko, Muneo's sister Tōru Abe as Kenzo Goda

Crew

Yoshihisa Nakagawa — Director of Photography Umetsugu Inoue — Screenplay Katsuya Susaki — Screenplay

Synopsis

After the boxing champion retires, the head of a powerful gym, Minegishi (So Yamamura), recommends Yamanaka (Hiroshi Kawaguchi), who is no longer in top form and is ranked number one, for a title fight, but his comrade Hata (Kojiro Hongo) is not happy with this choice, and so he moves to the gym run by the criminal businessman Goda (Toru Abe) and burning desire to beat Yamanaka.

Mood & Themes

boxing

Key Collaborators

Umetsugu Inoue Director Yoshihisa Nakagawa Director of Photography Umetsugu Inoue Screenplay Katsuya Susaki Screenplay

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