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Tomorrow's Joe 2: The Movie

1981 · 112 min

A raw, emotional boxing saga where every punch carries the weight of grief and redemption.

Overview
It has been six months since the tragic accident in Joe and Rikiishi's fight. Joe believes he has overcome Rikiishi's death and decides to make a comeback. Joe does make a successful comeback by scoring 5 KO's by body blows. Joe is then given a shot at the national title as a means by the boxing commission to put him down. The champion, Tiger Ozaki makes use of Joe's habits and ends up making Joe's corner throw in the towel. Joe is afraid to throw punches at the face because of what happened to Rikiishi. Youko, Joe's love interest and the owner of the gym where Rikiishi trained at recruits a world ranked boxer from Venezuela, Carlos Rivera, to get Joe back on his feet and pursue his boxing career to the regional and world ranks.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • grief
  • redemption
  • obsession
  • survival
  • identity
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action7
Horror2
Humour2
Realism6
Romance4
Tension7
Darkness7
Complexity5
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
action, animation, drama
Directed by
Osamu Dezaki
Written by
Ikki Kajiwara, Osamu Dezaki
Starring
Teruhiko Aoi, Jūkei Fujioka, Toshiyuki Hosokawa, Fumi Dan, Shiro Kishibe, Masumi Okada, Joe Yamanaka, Toshiko Fujita
Music
Takayuki Inoue
Cinematography
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Runtime
112 min
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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