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Synopsis:

The Koshien Stadium (15 km west of Osaka), it is a dream and Mecca for high school baseball players. They move around the grounds for life as long as their energy continues; in order to grab the moment of glory to play there. However, do you know another baseball, in which blood, sweat, and tears are actually mixed, or rather exchanged? The name of the baseball is "evil baseball"! Seido High School, whose team is led by Jubei Yakyu, punch-out baseball warrior, faces Gedo High School. Bean balls and murderous slidings are commonplace in Gedo. In a game between them, the baseball stadium becomes full of blood, and an unprecedented battle breaks out with the future of high school baseball players at stake! There is excessive comical stage direction, deformed action, surreal jokes, and burning spirit at the root. Man Gataro's legendary baseball comic that was serialized in the Monthly Shonen Jump, popular comic magazine in Japan, is filmed by Yudai Yamaguchi, new and powerful director. He was the second director for "VERSUS" (The main director was Ryuhei Kitamura). With special makeup, wire work, and CGI, Yamaguchi achieves the very difficult task of expressing in an actual film what used to be possible only in the comic world. This is his first film for screen. The reappearance of the battle scene, which was performed by Taku Sakuguchi and Hideo Sakaki in "VERSUS", is also something you cannot miss in this film.

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Screening Times:

Thursday, November 13 at 9:00 pm

Credits:

Directed by

Yudai Yamaguchi

Writing credits

Yudai Yamaguchi
Isao Kiriyama

Cast overview:

Tak Sakaguchi ... Jubei Baseball
Atsushi Ito ... Four Eyes
Hideo Sakaki ... Houich
Akiko Mishiro ... Ba-bah
Shouichirou Masumoto ... a judge
Yoshikazu Ebisu ... Jubei's father
HiroYuki Konishi ... Ban-chou
Houchi Nagata ... a coach
Hidetaka Nishio ... Boss

Distributor:

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