Summaries

A talent scout moves sharply, dead-set on signing a promising athlete to his team.

Kobayashi's pitiless take on Japan's professional baseball industry is unlike any other sports film ever made. An excoriation of the inhumanity bred by a mercenary, bribery-fueled business, it follows the shark-like maneuvers of a scout dead set on signing a promising athlete to the team the Toyo Flowers.—Anonymous

Details

Keywords
  • baseball
  • satire
  • scout
  • professional baseball
  • fake illness
Genres
  • Drama
  • Sport
Release date Nov 20, 1956
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) Not Rated
Countries of origin Japan
Language Japanese
Filming locations Kôchi, Kôchi Prefecture, Japan
Production companies Shochiku

Box office

Tech specs

Runtime 1h 51m
Color Black and White
Sound mix Mono
Aspect ratio 1.37 : 1

Synopsis

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