Directed by:
Satoshi NishimuraScreenplay:
Kazuyuki FudeyasuCinematography:
Takahiro MiyataComposer:
Tsuneo ImahoriCast:
Wataru Takagi, Ichirō Nagai, Kōichi Yamadera, Masaya Onosaka, Tomokazu Seki, Kouhei Kiyasu, Hiroaki Hirata, Kōji Totani, Katsuyuki Konishi, Sanae Kobayashi (more)Plots(1)
Makunouchi Ippo is the new Featherweight champion of Japan and is now ready for his first title defense. His opponent, the former Jr. Featherweight champion and a medical student, Sanada Kazuki. In addition to this feud, Sanada is being coached by Kamogawa's former rival, Hama Dankichi. What makes things worse is that Sanada works at the same hospital where Kumi is a nurse at and everybody at the hospital wants Sanada to win. Not only does Ippo have to defend his title, he has to reclaim his love. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Wataru Takagi
Japan
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Ichirō Nagai
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Kōichi Yamadera
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Masaya Onosaka
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Tomokazu Seki
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Kouhei Kiyasu
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Hiroaki Hirata
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Kōji Totani
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Katsuyuki Konishi
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Sanae Kobayashi
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Seizō Katō
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Jin Horikawa
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Mitsuaki Madono
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Ken'ichi Ono
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Masahiko Tanaka
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Ken'ichi Mochizuki
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Shintarō Ōhata
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Rikiya Koyama
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Toshihiko Nakajima
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Satoshi Katôgi
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