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Ashita no Joe Film with Tomohisa Yamashita Set for 2011
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The Sankei Sports newspaper has confirmed that the live-action film Kurosagi) of the idol group NEWS will star as an orphan named Joe Yabuki who rises from the Tokyo slums under the tutelage of a former boxer. Yamashita is undergoing training for the physical rigors of the role.
Vexille - 2077 Isolation of Japan, To) is directing the Ashita no Joe film.
Takamori and Chiba's original 1968-1973 manga is among the most critically acclaimed stories in Japanese popular culture, and Fighting Spirit). A crucial twist in the Ashita no Joe television anime's plot made headlines in Japan as people marked the occasion with public ceremonies.
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