Summary Koji Namiki, a talented young pitcher, who had won the National High School Baseball Championships enters university, but soon afterwards injures his elbow. He and his teammates work hard to get back on the field placing all his hopes on a new slow-ball, "the magic pitch." However, the outbreak of WWII wipes out the baseball ambitions from everyone. They join the military and in the navy undergo the severe training that prepares them for death. Death awaits them in a "kaiten" (special attack submarine or "human torpedo") within the gloomy ocean depths, but Koji never gives up his dream of the "magic pitch." View more details
Directed : Kiyoshi Sasabe
Written : Yôji Yamada Hideo Yokoyama Motofumi Tomikawa
Stars : Yûsuke Iseya Shun Shioya Juri Ueno Ebizô Ichikawa
Genres : Drama War
Release date : Sep 15, 2006
Countries of origin : Japan
Language : Japanese
Filming locations : Japan
Production companies : Shochiku Pony Canyon Sumitomo Corporation
Summary Koji Namiki, a talented young pitcher, who had won the National High School Baseball Championships enters university, but soon afterwards injures his elbow. He and his teammates work hard to get back on the field placing all his hopes on a new slow-ball, "the magic pitch." However, the outbreak of WWII wipes out the baseball ambitions from everyone. They join the military and in the navy undergo the severe training that prepares them for death. Death awaits them in a "kaiten" (special attack submarine or "human torpedo") within the gloomy ocean depths, but Koji never gives up his dream of the "magic pitch." View more details
Genres : Drama War
Release date : Sep 15, 2006
Countries of origin : Japan
Language : Japanese
Filming locations : Japan
Production companies : Shochiku Pony Canyon Sumitomo Corporation
