Victory and Defeat (1960)
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.
Director:
Umetsugu Inoue
Writers:
Katsuya Susaki, Umetsugu Inoue.
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Hiroshi Kawaguchi as Muneo Yamanaka |
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Ayako Wakao as Shizuko Abe |
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Kōjirō Hongō as Tetsutaro Hata |
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So Yamamura as Kimpei Minegishi |
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Hitomi Nozoe as Yoko, Muneo's sister |
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Tōru Abe as Kenzo Goda |
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Michiyo Aratama as Sayoko Takamatsu |
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Eiji Funakoshi as Ryusuke Suma |
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Bontarō Miake as Kondo |
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Kumeko Urabe as Sato |
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Mantarō Ushio as Keisuke Takami |
| Directing | Umetsugu Inoue | Director |
| Writing | Katsuya Susaki | Screenplay |
| Sound | Hajime Okumura | Music |
| Writing | Umetsugu Inoue | Screenplay |
| Camera | Yoshihisa Nakagawa | Director of Photography |
