Ashita no Jô 2

Jul 18 1981 N/A 1h 50m
Action, Animation, Drama

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.

Plot

Six months passed since the tragic accident in Joe and Rikiishi's fight. Youko, Joe's love interest and the owner of the gym where Rikiishi trained, recruits a world ranked boxer from Venezuela, Carlos Rivera, to get Joe back on his feet.

Written by

Ikki Kajiwara, Tetsuya Chiba, Osamu Dezaki

Directed by

Osamu Dezaki, Tetsuya Chiba

Cast

Teruhiko Aoi, Jûkei Fujioka, Toshiyuki Hosokawa

Crew

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Production Countries

Japan

Production Companies

Fuji Eiga Company, Sankyo Motion Picture Company, Studio Aoi

Languages

Awards

N/A

Trailers
Ashita no Joe 2 (Movie) Trailer
Scores
# of Votes
233
Average Rating
7.5 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
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