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Tomorrow's Joe (movie)

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Alternative title:
Ashita no Joe
Joe
Rocky Joe
あしたのジョー (Japanese)
Genres: action
Themes: boxing, sports
Plot Summary: This movie summarizes the tale of Joe Yabuki. He came to a twon where he ended up in juvenile detention and met Rikiishi Tohru. He found his rival and became passioned with boxing. Joe wants nothing more than have a fight with Rikiishi.
User Ratings: 43 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 6 votes (sub:6)
 Excellent: 6 votes (sub:4, raw:1, others:1
1 Italian dubbed
)
 Very good: 10 votes (dub:5, sub:4, raw:1)
 Good: 10 votes (sub:5, dub:2, raw:2, others:1
1 Polish subtitled
)
 Decent: 8 votes (sub:6, raw:1, dub:1)
 So-so: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Not really good: 2 votes (sub:2)
 Weak: -
 Bad: -
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 95 users, rank: #5534 (of 10087)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 7.558 (Very good−), std. dev.: 1.5597, rank: #1686 (of 10248)
Weighted mean: 7.312 (Good+), rank: #2448 (of 10248) (seen all: 7.28 / seen some: 7.88)
Bayesian estimate: 7.350 (Good+), rank: #2005 (of 7721)
Running time: 152 minutes
Vintage: 1980-03-08
Premiere date:
1980-03-08 (Japan)
Opening Theme:
"Ashita no Joe ~Utsukushiki Okami Tachi~ (あしたのジョー～美しき狼たち～)" by Takeshi Obo
Ending Theme:
#1: "K.O. (ノックアウト)" by Yasuo Shimizu
#2: "Goodbye Joe (グッバイ・ジョー)" by Sue Susanna
Trivia: We have 2
Comment:
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.
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Blu-ray + DVD combo
    Tomorrow's Joe: The Movie (BD+DVD) 2018-03-27 (from $74.99)
DVD (Region 0)
    Champion Joe (DVD) 2008-03-25

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Chief Director: Osamu Dezaki
Director: Yoichiro Fukuda
Script: Yoichiro Fukuda
Music: Kunihiko Suzuki
Art Director: Teiichi Akashi
Animation Director:
Akihiro Kanayama
Akio Sugino
Nobuo Matsuda
Shingo Araki
Director of Photography: Kōji Kumagai
Executive producer: Yasuhiko Kawano
Producer: Hisao Masuda

Assistant Director:
Hideo Takayashiki
Junichi Fukano
General Supervision: Ikki Kajiwara
Planning: Yasuhiko Kawano
Supervision:
Tetsuya Chiba
Yoichiro Fukuda
Theme Song Composition:
Joe Yamanaka ("K.O")
Kunihiko Suzuki ("Tomorrow's Joe - Beautiful Wolves")
Theme Song Lyrics:
Ryu Murakami ("K.O")
Takashi Taka ("Tomorrow's Joe - Beautiful Wolves")
Theme Song Performance:
Takeshi Obo ("Tomorrow's Joe - Beautiful Wolves")
Yasuo Shimizu (清水保男; "K.O")
Teruhiko Aoi as Joe Yabuki

Fumi Dan as Yoko Shiraki
Jukei Fujioka as Danpei Tange

Fuyumi Shiraishi as Sachi
Shirō Kishibe as Mammoth Nishi
Tamio Ōki as Mikinosuke Shiraki
Toshiyuki Hosokawa as Rikiishi Tooru

Jūji Matsuda
Japanese companies
English staff
English cast
Translation: Elizabeth Ellis (Discotek)
Producer:
Brady Hartel (Discotek)
Justin Sevakis (Discotek)

Additional Translation: Steven Siddall (Discotek)
Blu-Ray Authoring: Justin Sevakis (Discotek)
Blu-ray Encoding: Justin Sevakis (Discotek)
Editing:
Justin Sevakis (Discotek)
Steven Siddall (Discotek)
Production Assistant:
Erik Snyder (Discotek)
Ian Wright (Discotek)
Jessica Neva (Discotek)
Mark Clark (Discotek)
Reed Nelson (Discotek)
Steven Siddall (Discotek)
Subtitle Preparation: Roman Stuart (Discotek)
Subtitle Timing: Ian Wright (Discotek)
(none)
English companies
Additional Production: TwistyGadget (Discotek)
Distributor: New Video Group
Internet Streaming: RetroCrush
Licensed by:
Discotek Media (2017)
Tai Seng (Expired)
Menus: TwistyGadget (Discotek)
Packaging Design: TwistyGadget (Discotek)

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