Green Mind, Metal Bats

Green Mind, Metal Bats

96 mins | Aug. 26, 2006

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.

Green Mind, Metal Bats

96 mins | Aug. 26, 2006

Green Mind, Metal Bats
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.
IMDb rating 6.4
Producers
Original title 青春☆金属バット
Directors Kazuyoshi Kumakiri
Writers

Cast

Pistol Takehara

as Nanba

Masanobu Ando

as Ishioka

Maki Sakai

as Eiko

Noriko Eguchi

as Ishioka's wife

Yusuke Kamiji

as Ishioka's colleague

Megumi Sato

as Mami

Susumu Terajima

as Ochiai

Kōji Wakamatsu

as Oji-san

Shûji Yamamoto

as Secretary