Teaser for Yamapi's Ashita no Joe
A teaser trailer has been released for Fumihiko Sori's upcoming live-action adaptation of Tetsuya Chiba and Asao Takamori’s classic boxing manga Ashita no Joe (Tomorrow’s Joe). The original manga was serialized from 1968-1973 and was later adapted to an anime series and movie.
Tomohisa Yamashita of NEWS stars as a troubled youth who is trained in the art of boxing by a man named Dampei Tange (Teruyuki Kagawa). During a temporary stint in prison, he meets a former boxing prodigy named Toru Rikiishi (Yusuke Iseya) and a fierce, but respectful rivalry develops between the two men. Eventually, their battles inspire several other inmates to try their hands at boxing, leading to various match-ups of boxers with vastly different skills and weaknesses. Karina plays the heroine Yōko Shiraki. The film will open in Japan next February.
Source: nipponcinema, animenewsnetwork, mibearakira