The Battery
2007
118 Min
Synopsis
Because of his younger brother’s poor health, Takumi (Kento Hayashi) and his family move to a different Japanese town. There, Takumi, an incredibly gifted baseball pitcher, gradually alienates his relatives and friends by putting sports above all else in life. Based on a novel by Atsuko Asano, this heartwarming children’s sports drama also stars Kenta Yamada, Akihiro Yarita, Misako Renbutsu and Masato Hagiwara.
Director
Yôjirô Takita
Yōjirō Takita (滝田 洋二郎 Takita Yōjirō, born December 4, 1955 in Takaoka, Toyama, Japan), is a Japanese filmmaker. Yōjirō Takita entered the film industry through Mukai Productions, where he served as an assistant director. Takita first came to prominence with the long-running, popular light-comic pink film Molester’s Train (痴漢電車 Chikan densha) series, started by Shin’ya Yamamoto in 1975, and which Takita began directing in 1982 at Shintōhō. Later, for the Nikkatsu studio, Takita filmed similar Molester’s films as part of that studio’s Roman Porno line. Molester’s School Infirmary (1984), Molester’s Tour Bus (1985) and Molester’s Delivery Service (1986) are some of these titles.Takita’s 1986 mainstream comedy, No More Comic Magazines! received critical praise, and he has produced several popular films since then. Yomiuri Shimbun writes that Takita’s films usually have, “a warm tenderness, reflecting his bright and upbeat personality.”
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