The Battery

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name = バッテリー
The Battery
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director = Yojiro Takita
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distributor = Shochiku
released = 2007
runtime = 118 Min
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language = Japanese
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"The Battery", (バッテリー) a 2007 Japanese film directed by Yojiro Takita, which is based on a novel. There is a 2008 Japanese drama series, Battery, based on the same novel.

tory

Takumi Harada (Kento Hayashi)and his family moves to Okayama Prefecture during spring break before his entry to Junior High School. On the baseball field, Takumi has enormous confidence in his ability as pitcher, but socially he is a loner and appears unapproachable to others. His mother Makiko (Yuki Amami) is so protective of his younger brother, Seiha (Akihiro Yarita) that she acts coldly to Takumi. His grandfather Yozo (Bunta Sugawara) was once a famous high school baseball coach who lead his team to the national high school baseball convention at Koshien Stadium. Even his own, caring family is not sure at times how to deal with the solitary side of Takumi.

Takumi meets a new classmate Goh Nagakura (Kenta Yamada), who is captivated by Takumi's pitching and is eager to team with him as his catcher. The two join the Nitta East Junior High School baseball team, only to learn that the coach is a control freak. Tensions began to rise as Takumi defies and clashes with the coach. His classmate (Mayu Yajima) becomes attracted to his personality. Takumi and Goh also began to clash as well, and Seiha falls ill. Takumi's mother pushes him away claiming that involving Seiha with baseball was the cause of his illness. However, the father Hiroshi (Goro Kishitani) suggests that Takumi continues to play baseball to avoid worrying about his younger brother, his loneliness, and lack of attention from his parents. With his health in uncertainty, Seiha asks Takumi right before the big game, "Make sure you win... okay Takumi?" With Seiha's words in his mind, Takumi grabs his glove and heads toward the baseball field....

Cast

* Kento Hayashi as Takumi Harada
* Kenta Yamada as Go Nagakura
* Akihiro Yarita as Aoba Harada
* Misako Renbutsu as Mayu Yajima
* Masato Hagiwara as Makoto Tomura
* Misa Uehara as Kaoruko Ono
* Mari Hamada as Setsuko Nagakura
* Shinichi Yonetani as Sawaguchi
* Tatsuo Yamada as Kusanagi
* Sansei Shiomi as Ato
* Ittoku Kishibe as Headmaster
* Yuki Amami as Makiko Harada
* Goro Kishitani as Hiroshi Harada
* Bunta Sugawara as Yozo Ioka
* Dai Watanabe as
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