巨人軍 · 1972

The Giants

Nagisa Ōshima · 75 min · Japan

The program investigates the secrets behind the success of Japan’s most famous baseball team, the Tokyo Yomiuri Kyojin-gun, affectionately known as the Giants. An interview with Kawakami, the coach at the time, retraces the glorious history of this team, which was Japan’s baseball champion for seven consecutive years, until 1971.

Cast

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  Rokkō Toura

  Narrator