Gaku: One Last Round

2025 · 12 min · Documentary

Gaku Takahashi, a veteran professional Japanese boxer who trains in LA, was forced to give up his boxing career due to a violent anti-Asian hate crime on an LA freeway in 2020. The film follows Gaku as he faces chronic pain from the attack and financial difficulties as a result of systemic injustice. Despite these obstacles, Gaku works to overcome physical and mental trauma and pursue justice, all while fighting to get back into the ring.

Directed by Taige Shi