6.9 / 10
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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.
Keiko Kishi
Fudeko Taniguchi
Kôji Mitsui
Tamekichi Kurita
Eijirô Tôno
Ogushi
Jun Tatara
Yûsuke Shima