

Welcome Back
2025, Japanese. Directed by Naoto Kawashima.
Teru is a cocky young boxer living together with Ben, an autistic young man who's been like a little brother to him ever since his mother abandoned him. When Teru loses a match against Kitazawa, a serious opponent from Osaka, he has to quit boxing because of a vision injury. Ben, who idolizes Teru and is obsessed with how "Teru can't lose", attempts to walk to Osaka to have a rematch with Kitazawa in place of him. Teru and Aoyama, a boxer who once lost to Teru, end up going on a road trip to Osaka to resolve Ben's obsession. Stopping at various gyms on the way, they realize that Ben's obsessive imitating of Teru might make him a real boxer.
- Runtime
- 1h 59m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Japanese
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- Released
- 10 January 2025
- Country
- Japan
- Written by
- Naoto Kawashima
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Welcome Back runs 119 minutes (1h 59m).
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Welcome Back isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 10 January 2025. (Checked 10 November 2026.)
What movies are like Welcome Back?
If you liked Welcome Back, try Fast Girls, Skater Girl, Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius.
Who directed Welcome Back?
Welcome Back (2025) was directed by Naoto Kawashima and stars Kaito Yoshimura, Yugo Mikawa, Yuya Endo.