Tomorrow's Joe

Set in the gritty, impoverished slums of 1960s Tokyo, Ashita no Joe (Tomorrow's Joe) follows Joe Yabuki, a cynical, violent street orphan who wanders into the run-down Doya neighborhood. There, his raw brawling talent catches the eye of Danpei Tange, a washed-up, alcoholic former boxing trainer who sees the boy as his ticket back to glory. Joe initially rejects Danpei's desperate attempts to train him, exploiting the old man for money before his criminal antics land him in a high-security juvenile detention center.