Victory and Defeat
1960, Japanese. Directed by Umetsugu Inoue.
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.
- Runtime
- 1h 57m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Japanese
- Rated
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- Released
- 27 April 1960
- Original title
- 勝利と敗北
- Country
- Japan
- Written by
- Katsuya Susaki, Umetsugu Inoue
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Victory and Defeat runs 117 minutes (1h 57m).
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Victory and Defeat isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 27 April 1960. (Checked 12 November 2026.)
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Who directed Victory and Defeat?
Victory and Defeat (1960) was directed by Umetsugu Inoue and stars Hiroshi Kawaguchi, Ayako Wakao, Kōjirō Hongō.