The Champion
1957, Japanese. Directed by Umetsugu Inoue.
Eikichi Yamashiro, who is a former contender for the boxing title, works as a manager at a Club Champion owned by his fiancé Natsuko’s father. He lost a title match five years ago as he was besotted by Natsuko, but Eikichi actually cannot give up the dream of the championship. One day, he meets Shuntaro Fuma, who is a punk kid but a promising boxer, and realizes the dream that he himself could never fulfill. Then, they together start to train with the aim of the title. Mari Shiraki is an up-and-coming ballerina under the patronage of Eikichi as well. Eikichi forbids Shuntaro and Mari to be romantically involved with someone during their training, however, they start to go on a date.
- Runtime
- 1h 37m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Japanese
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Cast & crew
- Umetsugu InoueDirector
- Tatsuya MihashiEikichi Yamashiro
- Yōko MinamidaNatsuko Miyagawa
- Yūjirō IshiharaShuntaro Fuma
- Mie KitaharaMari Shiraki
- Taiji TonoyamaPote-chan
- Jushiro KobayashiCast
- Tōru AbeShinzo Takaoka
- Joe ShishidoBoxer Ishiyama
- Masao ShimizuKeisuke Miyagawa
- Noriko KatsuraYottan
- Hisae UrashimaRose Minami
- Yoko TakeuchiCast
Details
- Released
- 1 May 1957
- Original title
- 勝利者
- Country
- Japan
- Written by
- Umetsugu Inoue, Toshio Masuda, Isamu Onoda
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The Champion runs 97 minutes (1h 37m).
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The Champion isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 1 May 1957. (Checked 9 November 2026.)
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Who directed The Champion?
The Champion (1957) was directed by Umetsugu Inoue and stars Tatsuya Mihashi, Yōko Minamida, Yūjirō Ishihara.