Goodbye Boy

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Goodbye Boy

1984

1h 0m

3.7(3 votes)

Drama

Comedy

Overview

Two young men from the countryside come to their dream city of Tokyo with the dream of becoming a world boxing champion and a top entertainer.

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11 members

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長友達也

Haruo Onami

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Tsushima Yasuhiro

Ryuichi

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螢雪次朗

Dr. Ishiyama

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池島ゆたか

Trainer

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大杉漣

Shigeo Momozawa, the dance instructor

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Takanobu Eguchi

Buffalo Oiwa

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Yasushi Satô

Oiwa's friend

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Makoto Narita

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Takashi Seki

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Writing

片岡修二

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Yuka Takemura

Reporter

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