Tag: Underdog

  • Take Masaharu on Why Tokyo Opening Film ‘Underdog’ Had to Be so Tough

    Take Masaharu on Why Tokyo Opening Film ‘Underdog’ Had to Be so Tough

    “Underdog,” the two-part boxing film that opens the 33rd Tokyo International Film Festival, is the second movie on the subject by director Take Masaharu. The first, “100 Yen Love” in 2014 won the Japanese Cinema Splash Award at the 27th TIFF and was selected as Japan’s nominee for Best Foreign Language Film Academy Award. Take…