One Pound Gospel

6.4 / 10

(5 votes)

Hatanaka Kosaku is a young boxer who has a major flaw, he can't stop eating. That weakness puts him into into heavier weight classes that put him against stronger boxers and even worse, he's prone to throw up when he gets a body blow, which drives potential opponents away. His coach is at his wit's end as he struggles to get this idiot to show some discipline in his training. The matter is complicated when a young nun feeds the "starving" boy after she finds him fainted on the streets during his enforced fast. She learns of her mistake and she tries to help him get ready for a fight, but his weakness for food and the odd relationship they share don't makes things easy.

Country:

Japan

Genre:

Romance,

Action,

Animation,

Comedy

Duration:

50 minutes

Year:

1988

Director:

Osamu Dezaki

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Company:

OB Planning,

Shogakukan,

Victor Entertainment,

Gallop

Cast:
Toru Furuya

Kosaku Hatanaka (voice)

Hiromi Tsuru

Sister Angela (voice)

Ichiro Nagai

Coach Mukaida (voice)

Kaneto Shiozawa

Jiro Amakusa (voice)

Kazumi Tanaka

Yamamoto

Crew:
Juro Sugimura

Director of Photography

Tomoko Konparu

Screenplay

Kenji Kawai

Music

Hideo Takayashiki

Screenplay

Shichiro Kobayashi

Art Direction