Feature film — 1981
Tomorrow's Joe 2: The Movie (1981)
It has been six months since the tragic accident in Joe and Rikiishi's fight. Joe believes he has overcome Rikiishi's death and decides to make a comeback. Joe does make a successful comeback by scoring 5 KO's by body blows. Joe is then given a shot at the national title as a means by the boxing commission to put him down. The champion, Tiger Ozaki makes use of Joe's habits and ends up making Joe's corner throw in the towel. Joe is afraid to throw punches at the face because of what happened to Rikiishi. Youko, Joe's love interest and the owner of the gym where Rikiishi trained at recruits a world ranked boxer from Venezuela, Carlos Rivera, to get Joe back on his feet and pursue his boxing career to the regional and world ranks.
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A high-signal pick with 21 votes.
SANKYO / Fuji Eiga Company
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Director: Osamu Dezaki
On screen
Cast & crew
Teruhiko Aoi
Joe Yabuki (voice)
Jūkei Fujioka
Danpei Tange
Toshiyuki Hosokawa
Toru rikiishi
Fumi Dan
Yoko shiraki
Shiro Kishibe
Monmoth nishi
Masumi Okada
Jose Mendosa
Joe Yamanaka
Carlos Rivera (voice)
Toshiko Fujita
Toshio Furukawa
Junko Hori
Michihiro Ikemizu
Hiroya Ishimaru
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