UNDERDOG

By Masaharu TAKE

TOEI COMPANY, LTD. - as SALES All rights, World

Action/Adventure - Completed 2020

After six years from the success of "100 YEN LOVE", the same staffs gathered again to showcase a newly-born boxing movie and VOD series that focus on the side of "losers".

Festivals
& Awards

Tokyo International Film Festival 2020
Opening
    • Year of production
    • 2020
    • Genres
    • Action/Adventure, Drama, Sport
    • Countries
    • JAPAN
    • Languages
    • JAPANESE
    • Director(s)
    • Masaharu TAKE
    • Producer(s)
    • Gen SATO (TOEI VIDEO CO., LTD.)
    • Synopsis
    • Falling from a path to become a world champion, which he almost achieved in the past, a pro-boxer, Akira Suenaga stands up on a ring as an “underdog” facing an every day threat of retiring. Abandoned by a mother and once lived in the underworld, a young man Ryuta Omura’s boxing talent is acknowledged and expected to succeed worldwide, while a comedian without any notable achievement happens to take up a challenge for pro-boxing as a part of variety TV show, that is Shun Miyagi. Having different living backgrounds, those three crush their fists on a ring in order to restart their lives and to maintain their own dignity.