Victory and Defeat

After the boxing champion retires, the head of a powerful gym, Minegishi (So Yamamura), recommends Yamanaka (Hiroshi Kawaguchi), who is no longer in top form and is ranked number one, for a title fight, but his comrade Hata (Kojiro Hongo) is not happy with this choice, and so he moves to the gym run by the criminal businessman Goda (Toru Abe) and burning desire to beat Yamanaka.

Director: Umetsugu Inoue

Cast

Hiroshi Kawaguchi

Muneo Yamanaka

Ayako Wakao

Shizuko Abe

Kōjirō Hongō

Tetsutaro Hata

So Yamamura

Kimpei Minegishi

Hitomi Nozoe

Yoko, Muneo's sister

Tōru Abe

Kenzo Goda

Michiyo Aratama

Sayoko Takamatsu

Eiji Funakoshi

Ryusuke Suma