The Champion
勝利者
Watch the champion soap2day. 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. (source: Nikkatsu International)
- Genre: Action, Romance, Drama, Music
- Country: Japan
- Director: Umetsugu Inoue
- Cast: Tatsuya Mihashi, Yūjirō Ishihara, Yōko Minamida, Mie Kitahara, Taiji Tonoyama, Masao Shimizu, Tōru Abe, Mamoru Yokoyama, Jō Shishido, Hyōe Enoki, Zenji Yamada, Kazuo Kinugasa, Ogino Hiroshi, Hisae Urashima, Noriko Katsura, Keiko Tama, Seijiro Takano, Akira Kobayashi,
