Victory and Defeat
6.6
After the boxing champion retires, the head of a powerful gym, Minegishi (So Yamamura), recommends Yamanaka (Hiroshi Kawaguchi), who is no longer in top form and is ranked number one, for a title fight, but his comrade Hata (Kojiro Hongo) is not happy with this choice, and so he moves to the gym run by the criminal businessman Goda (Toru Abe) and burning desire to beat Yamanaka.
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Cast
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Hiroshi Kawaguchi
Muneo Yamanaka
Known for
Floating Weeds
Ayako Wakao
Shizuko Abe
Known for
Street of Shame
Floating Weeds
Kōjirō Hongō
Tetsutaro Hata
Known for
Gamera vs. Barugon
Return of Giant Majin
So Yamamura
Kimpei Minegishi
Known for
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Tokyo Story
Hajime Mitamura
吉川淳一
Known for
The Tale of Zatoichi
Hitomi Nozoe
Yoko, Muneo's sister
Known for
Floating Weeds
Tōru Abe
Kenzo Goda
Known for
Shōgun
Tokyo Story
Michiyo Aratama
Sayoko Takamatsu
Known for
Kwaidan
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
Eiji Funakoshi
Ryusuke Suma
Known for
Gamera, the Giant Monster
Fires on the Plain
Bontarō Miake
Kondo
Known for
Sansho the Bailiff
Street of Shame
Kumeko Urabe
Sato
Known for
Ikiru
Hachiko
Mantarō Ushio
Keisuke Takami
Known for
Fires on the Plain
Floating Weeds
Umetsugu Inoue Director · Katsuya Susaki Screenplay Yoshihisa Nakagawa Cinematographer
First release April 27, 1960 · Produced in Japan · Original title 勝利と敗北
Production
Daiei Film
Production
Japan
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Original title
勝利と敗北
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · April 27, 1960
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
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