Rookies the Movie: Graduation (2009)
Futakotamagawa High School had a Baseball Club, but because of a fight during one of their games, they were suspended for a year from all games. Composed of student delinquents, Futakotamagawa High's new Literature teacher Kawato Koichi inspires the Baseball Club to believe in a dream goal once again. For them, it is to play at the Koshien - Japan's National High School Baseball Championship. But, Kawato Koichi and the newly reformed baseball team run into plenty of obstacles along the way...
Director: Yuichiro Hirakawa
Genre: Drama
Runtime: 137 min
Release Date: May 30, 2009
Cast
- Ryuta Sato - Koichi Kawato
- Hayato Ichihara - Keiichi Aniya
- Keisuke Koide - Toru Mikoshiba
- Yu Shirota - Kei Shinjo
- Akiyoshi Nakao - Shuta Sekikawa
- Sousuke Takaoka - Tomochika Wakana
- Kenta Kiritani - Taira Hiratsuka
- Takeru Satoh - Yuya Okada
- Shunji Igarashi - Tetsura Yufune
- Yôsuke Kawamura - Kiyooki Hiyama
Screenplay
- Yoshihiro Izumi
- Masanori Morita (Comic Book)
Music: Takefumi Haketa, Yu Takami
Cinematography: Shigetomo Madarame
Editing: Masahiro Ohno
Production: TBS, TOHO, Shueisha, Stardust Pictures, K-Factory, MBS, AMUSE, Horipro, Watanabe Entertainment, CBC, RKB Mainichi Broadcasting Corporation, Hokkaido Broadcasting, Yahoo! Japan
Country: Japan
Language: 日本語
Box Office: $88M
Original Language: ja
Themes
Baseball and the American Dream, Olympic Spirit and Sports
Keywords
sports, delinquent, baseball, delinquency, based on manga, juvenile delinquent, japanese high school, bukatsu
More Films by Director: Yuichiro Hirakawa
More Films in Genre: Drama
Frequently Asked Questions
- What is Rookies the Movie: Graduation about?
- Futakotamagawa High School had a Baseball Club, but because of a fight during one of their games, they were suspended for a year from all games. Composed of student delinquents, Futakotamagawa High's new Literature teacher Kawato Koichi inspires the Baseball Club to believe in a dream goal once again. For them, it is to play at the Koshien - Japan's National High School Baseball Championship. But, Kawato Koichi and the newly reformed baseball team run into plenty of obstacles along the way...
- Who directed Rookies the Movie: Graduation?
- Rookies the Movie: Graduation was directed by Yuichiro Hirakawa.
- Who stars in Rookies the Movie: Graduation?
- Rookies the Movie: Graduation stars Ryuta Sato, Hayato Ichihara, Keisuke Koide, Yu Shirota, Akiyoshi Nakao, Sousuke Takaoka.
- How long is Rookies the Movie: Graduation?
- Rookies the Movie: Graduation has a runtime of 2h 17m (137 minutes).
- What genre is Rookies the Movie: Graduation?
- Rookies the Movie: Graduation is a Drama film.
- How much did Rookies the Movie: Graduation gross?
- Rookies the Movie: Graduation grossed $88M worldwide.
- Where was Rookies the Movie: Graduation produced?
- Rookies the Movie: Graduation was produced in Japan.
- What are the themes of Rookies the Movie: Graduation?
- The themes of Rookies the Movie: Graduation include: Baseball and the American Dream, Olympic Spirit and Sports.