Fighting Spirit - Mashiba vs. Kimura

"Fighting Spirit - Mashiba vs. Kimura"

2003 1h 0m JA

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8.2

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★7.0TMDB · 58★8.2IMDB · 1,445

AnimationComedyDramaActionTV Movie

Synopsis

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Kimura finally has his championship match. It takes place at the annual champion carnival. But now he must face the intense champion, Mashiba for the Junior Lightweight championship.

“Fighting Spirit - Mashiba vs. Kimura”

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Cast

Keiji Fujiwara
Tatsuya Kimura (voice)
Wataru Takagi
Masaru Aoki (voice)
Masahiko Tanaka
Ryo Mashiba (voice)
Kohei Kiyasu
Ippo Makunouchi (voice)
Rikiya Koyama
Mamoru Takamura (voice)
Kenji Utsumi
Genji Kamogawa (voice)
Tomokazu Seki
Ichiro Miyata (voice)
Sanae Kobayashi
Kumi Mashiba (voice)

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Hitoshi Nanba
Writers: Kazuyuki Fudeyasu, Tatsuhiko Urahata
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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RUNTIME

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Tight 60-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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ERA

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Released 23 years ago.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "Hajime no Ippo Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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ERA

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Tsuneo Imahori. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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6 / 8

ERA

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Editor Satoshi Terauchi shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Keiji Fujiwara and Wataru Takagi and Masahiko Tanaka carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Fighting Spirit - Mashiba vs. Kimura".

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Hitoshi Nanba directs. Tsuneo Imahori scores. Satoshi Terauchi cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Tight 60-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
2Released 23 years ago.
3Part of the "Hajime no Ippo Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
5Original score by Tsuneo Imahori. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Satoshi Terauchi shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Keiji Fujiwara and Wataru Takagi and Masahiko Tanaka carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "Fighting Spirit - Mashiba vs. Kimura".
9IMDB entry: tt3354378 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Only 58 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.