Short and Fat
5.8
A high-school student rescues his baseball team. Live-action adaptation of Shinji Mizushima's manga "Dokaben".
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Cast
28 people
Michihiro Hashimoto
Taro Yamada
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Toshiyuki Nagashima
Toru Nagashima
Known for
Gamera 2: Advent of Legion
Godzilla vs. Biollante
Masahiro Kakefuda
Shunsuke Kikuchi
Michiharu Hashimoto
Taro Yamamoto
Norifumi Suzuki
Masahiro Takashina
Masami Iwaki
Also in
Daitetsujin 17
Brain 17
Osamu Tanaka
Yukari Yamamoto
Reiko Asahina
Also in
Koto: The Ancient City
Japanese Godfather: Conclusion
Tetsuya Desaki
Mayumi Watanabe
Sachiko
Also in
Daitetsujin 17
At Noon
Akihiro Shimizu
Kagemaru
Also in
Young Thugs: Nostalgia
Fall Guy
Norifumi Suzuki Director · Masahiro Kakefuda Screenplay Shinji Mizushima Story
First release April 29, 1977 · Produced in Japan · Production Toei Tokyo
Production
Toei Company
Production
Toei Tokyo
Production
Japan
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Original title
ドカベン
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · April 29, 1977
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No release date listed for United States.
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