Deadball

Deadball

99 mins | Comedy, Horror | July 23, 2011

Baseball prodigy Jubeh Yakyu is the most feared and dangerous juvenile delinquent in all of Japan. After accidentally causing the death of his father with a super-powered, deadly fireball pitch, Jubeh swore off baseball and became a criminal and now, at 17, has been sent to the Pterodactyl Juvenile Reformatory for hardened criminals. Headmistress Ishihara, the granddaughter of a World War II Nazi collaborator, runs the institution with an iron fist and the enthusiastic help of her sadistic assistant, Ilsa. After arriving at the hellhole, Jubeh soon learns from governor Mifune that his long-lost, younger brother Musashi had also done time there after a murder spree, but had since died mysteriously…

Deadball

99 mins | Comedy, Horror | July 23, 2011

Deadball
Baseball prodigy Jubeh Yakyu is the most feared and dangerous juvenile delinquent in all of Japan. After accidentally causing the death of his father with a super-powered, deadly fireball pitch, Jubeh swore off baseball and became a criminal and now, at 17, has been sent to the Pterodactyl Juvenile Reformatory for hardened criminals. Headmistress Ishihara, the granddaughter of a World War II Nazi collaborator, runs the institution with an iron fist and the enthusiastic help of her sadistic assistant, Ilsa. After arriving at the hellhole, Jubeh soon learns from governor Mifune that his long-lost, younger brother Musashi had also done time there after a murder spree, but had since died mysteriously…
IMDb rating 5.2
Producers Sushi Typhoon
Original title DEADBALL デッドボール
Directors Yudai Yamaguchi
Writers Keita Tokaji, Yudai Yamaguchi

Cast

Tak Sakaguchi

as Jûbei Yakyû

Mari Hoshino

as Suzuki Shinosuke / Four Eyes

Koichi Yamadera

as Baseball Announcer

Miho Ninagawa

as Principal Ishihara

Takamasa Suga

as Musashi

Jyonmyon Pe

as Eyeball

Miho Harita

as Ilsa Zwei

Mickey Curtis

as Father

Ryosei Tayama

as Warden Mifune