The Giants

The Giants

75 mins | Documentary, TV Movie | April 4, 1972

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.

The Giants

75 mins | Documentary, TV Movie | April 4, 1972

The Giants
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.
Producers
Original title 巨人軍
Directors Nagisa Ōshima
Writers

Cast

Rokkō Toura

as Narrator