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Tokyo Fist (1995)

Tokyo Fist poster
Original title
東京フィスト
Directed by
Shinya Tsukamoto
Genre
drama film, horror film, boxing film
Country
Japan
Runtime
1h 27m
Rating
6.8 of 10 from 151 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A businessman runs into an old friend who becomes obsessed with boxing. The two men's rivalry escalates into violent confrontations that pull in the businessman's fiancée.

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What happens

Tokyo Fist (Japanese: 東京フィスト, Hepburn: TOKYO FIST) is a 1995 Japanese film. It was directed by Shinya Tsukamoto, who also stars in the film along with his brother Kōji Tsukamoto and Kahori Fujii. The film had its premiere in September 1995 at the Turin Film Festival in Italy. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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