One Pound Gospel (1ポンドの福音) 35 years old

A young idealistic nun helps a gluttonous young boxer gain the self control he needs to train to become a champion.

Hatanaka Kosaku is a young boxer who has a major flaw, he can't stop eating. That weakness puts him into into heavier weight classes that put him against stronger boxers and even worse, he's prone to throw up when he gets a body blow, which drives potential opponents away. His coach is at his wit's end as he struggles to get this idiot to show some discipline in his training. The matter is complicated when a young nun feeds the "starving" boy after she finds him fainted on the streets during his enforced fast. She learns of her mistake and she tries to help him get ready for a fight, but his weakness for food and the odd relationship they share don't makes things easy.

Credits

One Pound Gospel Cast

Name Character
Issei Futamata He was 33, now 69 years old as Ishida (voice)
Tōru Furuya He was 41, now 70 years old as Kousaku Hatanaka
Ichirō Nagai He was 71, 90 years old when he died as Coach Mukaida (voice)
Hiromi Tsuru She was 34, 57 years old when she died as Angela
Michie Tomizawa She was 33, now 62 years old
Kaneto Shiozawa He was 40, 46 years old when he died as Jiro Amakusa
Michitaka Kobayashi He was 33, now 68 years old
Kazumi Tanaka He was 37, 56 years old when he died as Yamamoto

One Pound Gospel Crew

Name Department
Tomoko Konparu as Screenplay. She was 38 (now 68) years old Writing
Shichirou Kobayashi as Art Direction. He was 62 (now 91) years old Art
Osamu Dezaki as Director. He was 51 (67) years old when He died Directing
Hideo Takayashiki as Screenplay. He was 47 (now 76) years old Writing
Akio Wakana as Producer. Production
Rumiko Takahashi as Writer. She was 31 (now 66) years old Writing
One Pound Gospel poster
One Pound Gospel (35 years)

A young idealistic nun helps a gluttonous young boxer gain the self control he needs to train to become a champion.

  • Release day: Friday, December 02, 1988
  • Runtime: 50 minutes