"Tomorrow's Joe" is about a young, wandering, scrappy kid, on his own in down-and-out Japan of the time (late Sixties). He's a street brawler without purpose, who catches the eye of a former washed up boxer named Danpei, who makes it his life's mission to turn Joe into a real boxer.
Joe can be considered an analogous stand-in for the whole country of Japan, which is still suffering from the long-term after effects of a generation of poverty and suffering. Yet through the relentless hard work in the face of excruciating hardship and adversity, he (and Japan) can one day emerge victorious! The classic underdog tale that fits the time and the difficulties Japan was facing.
