# Tomorrow's Joe The Movie (1980)

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**Original title**: *あしたのジョー 劇場版*
**Runtime**: 153 min
**Genres**: Action, Animation, Drama
**Directed by**: Osamu Dezaki, Yoichiro Fukuda
**Written by**: Tetsuya Chiba
**Starring**: Teruhiko Aoi, Jūkei Fujioka, Toshiyuki Hosokawa, Fumi Dan, Shiro Kishibe

> *Never give up!*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

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.

**Mood tags**: foreign-gem, tender, uplifting

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