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Masaki Kobayashi’s pitiless take on Japan’s professional baseball industry is unlike any other sports film ever made. A condemnation of the inhumanity bred by a mercenary, bribery-fueled business, it follows the sharklike maneuvers of a scout dead set on signing a promising player to the team the Toyo Flowers.
Original Release
11/21/1956
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Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Keiji Sada | Daisuke Kishimoto |
| Keiko Kishi | Fudeko Taniguchi |
| Minoru Oki | Gorô Kurita |
| Yunosuke Ito | Ippei Tamaki |
| Mitsuko Mito | Ryoko Taniguchi |
| Jun Tatara | Yûsuke Shima |
| Chiyotoshi Beppu | Kurita's mother |
| Haruko Chichibu | Geisha |
| Yoshitaka Ebitsuka | Chief priest |
| Tokue Hanazawa | Eiji Kurita |
Directors
Writers
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Keiji Sada | Daisuke Kishimoto |
| Keiko Kishi | Fudeko Taniguchi |
| Minoru Oki | Gorô Kurita |
| Yunosuke Ito | Ippei Tamaki |
| Mitsuko Mito | Ryoko Taniguchi |
| Jun Tatara | Yûsuke Shima |
| Chiyotoshi Beppu | Kurita's mother |
| Haruko Chichibu | Geisha |
| Yoshitaka Ebitsuka | Chief priest |
| Tokue Hanazawa | Eiji Kurita |
| Shinkichi Hayabusa | |
| Zen'ichi Inagawa | (as Zenichi Inagawa) |
| Tatsuya Ishiguro | Tadasuke Rokkô |
| Akio Isono | Saburô Kurita |
| Haruko Kamei | Schoolgirl |
| Chisato Kasuga | Waiting room lady |
| Tokuji Kobayashi | Senzô Natsume |
| Tatsuko Kusaka | Takayama's mother |
| Masami Maehata | Reporter |
| Reiko Minakami |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Masaharu Kokaji | Producer |
Editors
