Tomorrow's Joe The Movie

"Never give up!"

1980 2h 33m JA

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8.4

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★8.4TMDB · 16

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Synopsis

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An abridged remake of the first Ashita no Joe TV series, released in 1980 to provide back-story for the second TV series to new fans who were not familiar with the first TV series or the manga.

“Never give up!”

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Cast

Teruhiko Aoi
Joe Yabuki (voice)
Jūkei Fujioka
Danpei Tange (voice)
Toshiyuki Hosokawa
Toru Rikiishi (voice)
Fumi Dan
Yoko Shiraki (voice)
Shiro Kishibe
Mommoth Nishi (voice)

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Osamu Dezaki
Writers: Tetsuya Chiba
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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RUNTIME

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Clocks in at 153 minutes — on the longer side of feature-length cinema.

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2 / 8

ERA

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46 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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3 / 8

RUNTIME

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Part of the "Tomorrow's Joe: Recap Movies" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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4 / 8

ERA

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Osamu Dezaki, shot by Akifumi Kumagai. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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6 / 8

CAST

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Teruhiko Aoi and Jūkei Fujioka and Toshiyuki Hosokawa carry the top of the cast.

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7 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Never give up!".

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8 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt1682222 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Osamu Dezaki directs. Akifumi Kumagai behind the camera. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Clocks in at 153 minutes — on the longer side of feature-length cinema.
246 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
3Part of the "Tomorrow's Joe: Recap Movies" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
5Directed by Osamu Dezaki, shot by Akifumi Kumagai. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Teruhiko Aoi and Jūkei Fujioka and Toshiyuki Hosokawa carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "Never give up!".
8IMDB entry: tt1682222 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Only 16 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.