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Release Date:
August 25, 2023
Original Title:
春に散る
Alternate Titles:
Haru ni Chiru
Genres:
Drama
Production Companies:
GAGA Corporation
Twins Japan
Venture Bank Entertainment
Production Countries:
Japan
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 133
Forty years after leaving Japan for a boxing career in the U.S. that never panned out, Jin returns to restart his life with his old boxing buddies. When hotheaded young boxer Shogo asks for Jin’s help to get him back into the ring after an unfair loss, the two men decide to seize their final chance at glory. A boxing film so authentic that it inspired co-star Yokohama Ryusei to qualify as a pro boxer, Zeze Takahisa’s boxing drama is one of the veteran director’s most crowd-pleasing films thanks to the touching father-son bond at its core.
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Casting Director:
Masunobu Motokawa
Decorator:
Keisuke Sakurai
Director:
Takahisa Zeze
Director of Photography:
Kohei Kato
Editor:
Ryo Hayano
Executive Producer:
Takahiko Sumi
Ken'ichi Sonoda
Yumiko Masuda
Masato Kohchi
Maki Kimura
Tatsumi Yoda
Lighting Artist:
Takahiro Mizuse
Novel:
Kotaro Sawaki
Original Music Composer:
Takuto Tanaka
Producer:
Eisuke Asô
Tsuyoshi Matsushita
Hideki Hoshino
Yukihiro Saji
Production Design:
Shinpei Inoue
Screenplay:
Wataru Hoshi
Takahisa Zeze
Sound Recordist:
Shinya Takada
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