Tomorrow's Joe (あしたのジョー) 13 years old

Set in the 1960's, Joe Yabuki (Tomohisa Yamashita) lives in a run-down low income ara. There, alcholic ex-boxer Danpei Tange (Teruyuki Kagawa) notices Joe Yabuki's talents as a boxer. But then, Joe gets into trouble and is sentenced into the youth detention center. In the youth detention center, Joe gets into a brawl and then is knocked out by Toru Rikiishi (Yusuke Iseya) who is a champion caliber professional boxer. While incarcerated, Joe gets special training from Danpei Tange through letters. Upon Joe's release, he quickly becomes an elite boxer and famous for a devastating cross counter. Meanwhile, Toru Rikiishi is also released from prison and quickly resumes his boxing career. Toru finally gets his shot at the world championship belt, but before that, Toru wants a match with Joe Yabuki. The two men enter the ring ...

Credits

Tomorrow's Joe Cast

Name Character
Teruyuki Kagawa He was 45, now 58 years old as Dampei Tange
Yūsuke Iseya He was 34, now 47 years old as Toru Rikiishi
Morooka Moro He was 51, now 65 years old as Restaurant's Male Owner
Naomi Nishida She was 38, now 52 years old as Restaurant's female owner
Tetta Sugimoto He was 45, now 58 years old as Yoji Ando
Katsuya as Manmoth Nishi
Karina Nose She was 26, now 40 years old as Yoko Shiraki

Tomorrow's Joe Crew

Name Department
Fumihiko Sori as Director. He was 46 (now 59) years old Directing
Ikki Kajiwara as Writer. He was 74 (50) years old when He died Writing
Tomorrow's Joe poster
Tomorrow's Joe (13 years)

  • Release day: Friday, February 11, 2011
  • Runtime: 131 minutes