Goodbye Boy

Goodbye Boy

1984•1h 0m•3.7/10

DramaComedy

Ratings

🎬TMDb

3.7/10(3)

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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Production

ENK Promotion, Niagara Promotion

Language

JA

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Tatsuya Nagatomo

Haruo Onami

Tsushima Yasuhiro

Ryuichi

Yukijiro Hotaru

Yukijiro Hotaru

Dr. Ishiyama

Yutaka Ikejima

Trainer

Ren Osugi

Ren Osugi

Shigeo Momozawa, the dance instructor

Takanobu Eguchi

Buffalo Oiwa

Yasushi Satô

Oiwa's friend

Makoto Narita

Takashi Seki

Shūji Kataoka

Shūji Kataoka

Yuka Takemura

Reporter

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