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- BFI identifier450388
- Date1995 (Copyright)
- Production countryJapan
- Production company
- SynopsisTokyo insurance broker Tsuda bumps into old school friend Takuji at the boxing ring where the latter trains. Soon after, Takuji starts making unwelcome visits to Tsuda's fiancee, Hizuru. Takuji taunts Tsuda about his visits, they fight, and Takuji ends up in hospital. Hizuru developes a taste for violence, gets tatooed and pierced and starts to date Takuji. Hellbent on revenge, Tsuda takes up boxing. (Synopsis)
- Work historyIn competition, Locarno International Film Festival, 1995 Japanese title written TOKYO in kanji; FIST (FISUTO) in katakana.
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- Credits
- CastKahori Fujii (Hizuru)
Shinya Tsukamoto (Tsuda Yoshiharu)
Kohji Tsukamoto (Kojima Takuji)
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Title
GOZEN NO BOXER (Original)
TOKYO FISUTO (Alternative)
TOKYO FIST (Alternative)
Category
Fiction- Collections
- Stills
- ArticlesCinefantastique v30 n12 January 1999 - ReviewFangoria n175 August 1998 - ReviewEmpire n95 May 1997 - ReviewCinemaya n30 Autumn 1995 - Credits, ReviewMoving Pictures International nSpecial Locarno. 1995 - Festival Reportview all
- GOZEN NO BOXER
Work - 450388 - 1995 (Copyright)
Japan - Film - Fiction
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