Green Mind, Metal Bats
6.4
The film follows Nanba, a shunned outcast who doesn’t have a girlfriend, any money or prospects, a turnaround from his glory days in high school when he played on the baseball team; his former teammate Ishioka, who is now a policeman because of an elbow injury; and baseball fanatic Eiko, a hopeless alcoholic who spends more of her time drunk than sober. The three share an intense love of baseball — and their destinies are forever intertwined.
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Cast
9 people
Pistol Takehara
Nanba
Also in
Glass Heart
Sai
Masanobu Ando
Ishioka
Known for
Battle Royale
Kids Return
Maki Sakai
Eiko
Also in
Michiko & Hatchin
The Hot Spot
Yusuke Kamiji
Ishioka's colleague
Known for
Gokusen
Crows Zero
Megumi Sato
Mami
Known for
BOYS OVER FLOWERS
Exte: Hair Extensions
Noriko Eguchi
Ishioka's wife
Known for
Erased
Hanzawa Naoki
Kōji Wakamatsu
Oji-san
Also in
Shinjuku Maria
Wind
Susumu Terajima
Ochiai
Known for
When Marnie Was There
Fireworks
Shûji Yamamoto
Secretary
Also in
Sakuran
The Rug Cop
Kazuyoshi Kumakiri Director · Takashi Ujita Screenplay Tomohiro Koizumi Story
First release August 26, 2006 · Produced in Japan · Production Victor Entertainment
Production
Nippan Group Holdings
Production
Victor Entertainment
Production
Japan
Produced in
Languages
Original title
青春☆金属バット
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · August 26, 2006
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No release date listed for United States.
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