Company: NHK Japan Broadcasting Corporation
Country: JAPAN
Section: DOCUMENTARY – INDIVIDUAL SPORT
Discipline: Martial Arts Judo
Director: Toshihiko Konno
Edting: Mariko Masuda, Shin Kato
Photo: Shinjiro Morishige
Soundtrack: Yukiyo Nakamura
Producer: Jun Kawaguchi, Hajime Iwaya, Yoshio Furuya
Running Time: 49 min
SYNOPSYS:
With a father in prison, and his mother and sisters struggling to get by in a rough and impoverished district of Naples, Antonio Antonio Bottone, 16, was a troubled adolescent already getting involved in street fights. His life changed when he met judo coach Giovanni Maddaloni. Not only does Maddaloni train Olympic heroes, he uses the dojo as a base to support the community by rebuilding lives and strengthening ties. Antonio embraced the opportunity that judo offered and has quickly developed into a young man with a fighting chance to represent Italy in Tokyo in 2020. But when his paroled father Giuseppe appears and wants to contribute to his son’s training, Antonio’s world is turned upside down. Can they find a way to work together and get Antonio back on tatami for Tokyo?