If boxing dramas are your thing, then you can attribute your latest query to Terayama Shuji, author of the 1966 novel, Ah, Koya. Actors Suda Masaki and Yang Ik-June take the lead in the film adaptation set in a not-too-distant future Shinjuku in Tokyo where a troubled youth and a stuttering recluse meet in a boxing gym – a succession in overcoming their own personal odds…
(Suddenly I feel like watching Crying Fist again.)
Ah, Koya was adapted for the screen by Minato Takehiko, and helmer Kishi Yoshiyuki – the latter who reunites with Suda in this, their second outing of three – the third being an immediate sequel in the form of Ah, Koya 2. Both respectively open in Japan on October 7 and October 21.
Check out the first teaser below!