If you loved Rocky Joe: L'ultimo round, try Rocky Joe: Il primo round
Un ponte tra un film che hai già visto e uno che quasi nessuno ha incrociato. Questo è ciò che condividono, e ciò che il secondo fa che il primo non fa.
Cosa condividono
Both films are directed by Osamu Dezaki, and they both carry the foreign gem mood tag, and they sit in Action / Animation / Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to Rocky Joe: L'ultimo round, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
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What Rocky Joe: Il primo round is
You're Joe, a kid picked up from the Tokyo slums. You fight, and you win. But your mentor gets sent away, and then you fall for the daughter of a rich boxing promoter. Dezaki’s adaptation of his own TV work gains poignancy from its compressed form.
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