

121 minutes
9/16/2006
Koji Namiki is a young pitcher who has shown great promise on the diamond by winning the National High School Basketball Championships. Shortly after entering college, however, Namiki's athletic career is called into question after he suffers a severe elbow injury. But despite a disheartening diagnosis, Namiki is determined to make a comeback. With a little help from his teammates it appears that he is getting back on track, too. Recently, he's even developed a new slow ball that he and his teammates have christened "the magic pitch". Fate can be a cruel mistress though, and when World War II breaks out Namiki the entire team join the navy and begin a training regiment specifically designed to prepare them for the ultimate darkness, an submarine attack method also known as "The Human Torpedo".

Ichikawa Ebizo XI
as Koji Namiki

Yūsuke Iseya
as Katsuya Kita

Shun Shioya
as Nobuo Ito

Teruyuki Kagawa
as Kashima

Yuko Kotegawa
as Mitsue Namiki

Tomokazu Miura
as Toshiaki Namiki

Mitsunori Isaki
as Hiroyuki Okita

Shuji Kashiwabara
as Yasukichi Sakuma

Toshiyuki Nagashima
as Baba

Juri Ueno
as Minako Narumi

Sei Hiraizumi

Hiroyuki Hirayama
as Gouhara
Kyôta Inoue
Yuki Kuroda
as Satoshi Obata
Tsubasa Nakamura
as Chihara
Anna Odaka
as Yukiyo Namiki

Makoto Sakamoto
as Kikuchi
Yasuhito Shimao
as Shibada
Kazuya Takahashi
as Kenzaki

Yasunari Takeshima
as Crisis manager
Minoru Tanaka
as Toda