Yanagisawa Hiroto, a former professional baseball player was once a star home run hitter for the Dragons, but after losing his wife to a sudden illness received a notice that he was let go from the team. The story unfolds as he decides he can’t let his “home run life” come to an end and tries out for a team. However, instead of joining a professional baseball team, he’s directed to become a “sacrifice bunt man” in an ordinary company, where his role is to create opportunities for others.
Arisa Ueto has a mild intellectual disability and autism. She hides her disabilities, but it's difficult for her to have relationships with others. She often makes mistakes at work and gets fired because of it. She has an inferiority complex and she will try to please guys intimately who seem interested in her. Arisa Ueto is unable to ordinary, but she admires those that are. She meets part-time worker Ryuji Okamura at her new place of work. She falls in love with. Due to his tenderness, she slowly changes.
Tells the story of three bottom-dog boxers who gets used as punching bags. Pro boxer Suenaga Akira fell off the path to greatness but still tries to crawl his way to the top. Omura Ryuta is a youngster who grew up in foster care. Miyagi Shun, a TV celebrity with famous parents, takes a shot at boxing as part of a TV show. Three underdogs with very different back stories put their pride on the line as they exchange blows.
Suenaga finds his life on the verge of collapsing as violence consumes those around him. However, he finds a worthy opponent in Omura, an up-and-coming wunderkind who is trying to escape his violent past. The men's fight for redemption culminates in a climatic match brimming with raw, testosterone-fueled emotions. Upholding the Rocky Balboa spirit of learning to get hit and keep moving forward, Underdog is a tough, uncompromising epic that deserves a spot in the pantheon of great boxing films.
Mami Kumagai (熊谷 真実, Kumagai Mami, bor March 10, 1960) is a Japanese actress and talent. Born in Suginami, Tokyo, she lives in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture. She is affiliated with Our Songs Creative. Kumagai made her drama debut in 1978 in the third episode of the TV drama Jūjiro Dainibu (Crossroads Part 2) starring Sonny Chiba. In 1979, she made her screen debut with Oretachi no Kōkyōgaku, and starred in the NHK TV series Mā-nēchan in the first half of the same year, winning the Élan d'Or Award for Newcomers. In 2016 she received the Kinokuniya Theater Award and Yomiuri Theater Award for her Komatsuza Theater performance in Manzana, Waga Machi (Manzana, My Town).