Knockout
Dotsuitaru nen, feature film, 1989
DIRECTED BY: Junji Sakamoto
CAST:
Hidekazu Akai,
Haruko Sagara,
Yoshio Harada,
Akaji Maro
SCRIPT:
Junji Sakamoto
PHOTOGRAPHY:
Norimichi Kasamatsu
Synopsis:
This is the acclaimed debut by a leading Japanese independent film director and one of the first Japanese films about aggressive misfits.
Boxer Eiji Adachi (Hidekazu Akai) loses his title in a fight against Eagle Tomoda (Masaharu Owada). He gets hurt badly and retires. He opens his own boxing school and hires the former champion as a trainer. However, many of the boxers do not accept Adachi’s violent methods. Adachi decides to return to the ring at any cost…
color, 110 minuta