"A NIPPON SHUPPAN HANBAI INC. and Victor Entertainment, Inc. production" "GREEN MIND, METAL BATS" "Here we go" "Coach" "I'll keep swinging until I'm satisfied" "Sure, go for it" "Hey, shortstop!" "Let's see whatcha got" "I'm a pretty good ballplayer, you know" "You ain't bad yourself, but ya need some work" "Here, lemme see Gimme the bat" "C'mon" "Lemme see the bat" "Listen" "When ya swing the bat, ya gotta hear it cut the wind" "Like this" "Baseball was, is and always will be the best game in the world, eh?" "My old man used to say so" "Mister, who are you?" "Me?" "Ya don't know?" "I'm Babe Ruth!" "Well, keep swingin' away It's a long road ahead, though" "990... 991... 992... 993... 994... 995..." "Kuniaki Nanba, 27, 180cm, 80kg Bats right, throws right" "Born in Tokorozawa:" "High school - Shipping company" " Convenience store" "999... 1000!" "Thank you for waiting" "What happened to the mayo?" "Excuse me?" "Hey, hey, hey..." "What the hell" "I heard it explode" "Here's a pack of mayonnaise, sir" "That'll be 58 yen" "You're missing the point, man" "Fuck this" "You screwing with me?" "Come out for a sec" "Here It comes!" "Hit it!" "Let's hear some noise!" "See you missed one" "Hey, good swing" "Say something, dammit!" "I'm complimeting you!" "Can't focus like this..." "Chiba, it's your monthly fee Better bring it next time, got it?" "Or else I'm sending this to every girl in class, understand?" "Answer me" "Yes" "You can go now" "Whoa, whoa" "You'll get arrested, man" "Here's the resting room You can eat in here" "Nanba, this is Yamaguchi, our new guy" "Nice to meet you" "So this is Nanba" "Not the most dependable guy, but go to him with any questions" "Show him the ropes, okay?" "Sir, have you worked here long?" "Good day!" "You must be the new guy?" "I'm Yamaguchi" "Nice to meet you, I'm Mami How old are you?" "I'm 17" "A year younger than me!" "Really?" "Then shouldn't you be cramming for college exams instead of working?" "No worries I'm pretty smart" "Is that right?" "Just kidding So you live around here?" "Pretty close 2 or 3 minutes on my bike" " I live right over here" " Seriously?" "Let's hang out sometime!" "May I have a word with you?" "361... 362... 363... 364..." "May I have a word with you?" "Could you please stop staring at me?" "It really creeps me out" "Fuck!" "Don't be staring at me" "What the hell are you doing?" "You..." "I'm giving it character!" "Come here" "Just great, huh?" "Just come" "I said come here!" "Now what do you think you're doing?" "What the hell!" "What the hell!" "A small blue flame begins to burn deep in the stomach, and grows bigger and bigger" "When it reaches its biggest size..." "Hey" "You did it last night, didn't you?" "You took me while I was sleeping" "The time is almost 2 am" "Boobs" "Ow!" "Take your clothes off first" "Nanba" "That was rape, you know" "Yes" "Not that I care" "Your batting, you know, it's not worse than before, or rather... it's pretty good, dammit!" "Yes..." "Okay, then" "Good day, sir" "Good day" "Nanba here" "I made some changes to this month's shifts" "Sir, but I'm the only one that has reduced hours" "Sorry, but that's what I had to do" "What?" "Wouldn't you expect it?" "Good day, sir" "Good day" "See you tomorrow, Mami" "Yes, sir And I apologize about today" "Sure, don't worry about it Just be careful from now on" "Yes, sir I'll be going, then" "Okay, take care" "What?" "A..." "TV...?" "What the...?" "You're home" "Walt... that's..." "Hey, can you hold this?" "There!" "Now, the real pennant race begins today" "Who'll gain the momentum?" "Will it be the Dragons or the Giants?" "To kick off this 3-game series, Sergio gets the start for the Dragons" "He's been the most consistent starter in the Dragons rotation thus far, and is already in double digits in wins" "Yes!" "There we go!" "He singles to right!" "He's been the Dragons' strength all year!" "The runner goes..." "This shot's deep!" "And it's outta here!" "A 3-run homer to the left-field bleachers puts the Giants back on top!" "It's final!" "Manager Ochiai and his Dragons can't pull this one out" "They fuckin' lost..." "Don't just stand there forever!" "The Dragons lost, man" "And we're out of booze" "Let me hit you" "Nosebleed" "Um, Ms, Eiko..." "I don't have enough cash..." "What should I...?" "You serious?" "All right, wait for a sec." "I'll be right back" "Hospital?" "No no, I haven't gone" "Actually, it kinda hurts" "You okay?" "Any discharge?" "Discharge?" "Oh, totally!" "It's like a flood!" "You serious?" "Haven't bathed in a while" "You gotta take baths, Rumi" "Hello?" "Rumi?" "Rumi?" "Can you hear me?" "Hello?" "Hello?" "Hey!" "That's her!" "Hey, assholes!" "Give the money back!" "Walt..." "Ms. Eiko?" "It's your chick, right?" "Do something about it!" "Tell him, Shinji!" "Hey, give back the fucking money!" "Get away!" "What the hell!" "You broke it..." "C'mon give up the money!" "Show him your swing" "That was awesome" "I've been to the nationals" "For real?" "How'd you do?" "I went 2 for 3" "That's awesome" "He looks like this" "And see, he's carrying a bat" "One of those aluminum ones" "And he's a pretty big guy" "Good day" "Who the hell are they?" "We got attacked by a scary woman and a big man with a bat!" "It was attempted murder!" "This supposed to be a human?" "Look, we're not in the business of Intervening in civil affairs" "So get the hell out of here" "You stink" "Move" "Was It okay saying all that?" "Sure" "Okay, let's play some ball!" "Yeah!" "A home run coming!" "Shinjo!" "Shinjo!" "Wrong, I'm Babe Ruth" "Now bring it!" "Sir, Isn't that Junior?" "Right down the middle, got it?" "Wow, didn't know you played" "Whatever" "Give us back the home run ball!" "That was an out" "Jerk!" "That was Babe Ruth's son, right?" "Why the hell would Babe Ruth's son be Japanese, you retard?" "I heard he paid an incognito visit and secretly had a baby here..." "Shut up" "Who the fuck cares about baseball?" "In Tokorozawa the city held a ceremony to launch a campaign... to bring the 2016 Olympics to the city" "Over 200 residents crowded the park where the ceremony was held" "My city Tokorozawa never loses" "My city Tokorozawa always wins" "Now let's all work together towards a very bright future!" "Following Mayor Ohba's official declaration, the tape was cut by his son, Katsutoshi" "The mayor himself then lit the torch... as the city took a big step towards their dream for 2016" "Say..." "It won't last like this, will it?" "Put up an antenna, please?" "We don't have any more money" "Well... fine... then..." "No more sex with you, and no more sucking on my boobs" "Sipping on fuckin' beer..." "I'm sleeping" "So hungry..." "Gimme your money" "Here's your receipt" "Well, thank you very much" "Sir" "That robbery with a bat they mentioned in the morning assembly..." "Maybe it's that case we Ignored the other day" "Who cares?" "But we might get in trouble..." "Look, I don't give a damn" "Don't freak out, it wasn't even in our precinct" "Get the phone" "West Tokorozawa Police Box" "Yes, yes, got it" "Sir" "A housewife caught shoplifting" "So?" "I'll go check it out" "Is she young?" "The housewife" "Over here" "Ma'am, since you won't speak, I had to call him in" "Look, I don't need you" "Excuse me?" "Okay, then..." "Ma'am" "Want me to let you go?" "So..." "What color are your panties?" "Black" "Let me see" "Ms. Eiko!" "It's Illegally parked, damnit!" "Um, you shouldn't drink so much..." "Don't ever tell me not to drink!" "You hear?" "Don't you ever tell me not to drink, dammit!" "What should we do?" "Ignore 'em" "What, you're not gonna go crying to the police, are you?" "Banamba?" "Who're you?" "Fuckin' pigs!" "Want a piece of me, huh?" "Nanba it's you, right?" "It's me, Ishioka I was the pitcher on our team" "Hey, wait a sec!" "Will you shut the hell up?" "So you're telling me you went to the nationals with him?" "Yeah, I did" "Of course, Banamba was only on the cheering squad, right?" "Cheering squad?" "What about going 2 for 3?" "2 for 3?" "Hey, man, don't be making up stupid lies to pick up chicks" "Shut up!" "I'm gonna be trying out for the pros!" "Listen to yourself Think about your age, man" "Shut up!" "I've never swung better in my life!" "Pathetic..." "Anyway, good to see you're alive and well." "See ya" "Walt, Ishioka!" "I'm not the same as before!" "I've got the ultimate swing, look!" "Wait, it just took me ten years!" "Hey, Ishioka!" "Walt, that's not it..." "They used to call you Banamba?" "Why'd you lie to me?" "You wanted me to think you're great?" "Let's get a hit, Banamba!" "Banamba..." "Your head okay?" "I'm totally fine" "The orange sky, it's beautiful..." "Samejima, get in there" "No, I can keep going" "You want to win, don't you?" "Strike three!" "The runners are stranded" "Hard to tell the ace Ishioka has an elbow injury the way he's throwing" "I'm going corporate" "Oh, yeah?" "So you're quitting?" "Is that all?" "Well, I'm going then" "Hey" "What's the point?" "I don't like guys without guts or any future" "Baseball's the best game in the world, eh?" "What do you want, mister?" "It's baseball, no?" "Baseball isn't everything" "Wait, Ishioka!" "I have the ultimate swing, look!" "Walt!" "It just took me ten years!" "Hey, Ishioka!" "We got attacked by a scary woman and a big man with a bat!" "Fuckin' pigs!" "Want a piece of me, huh?" "Sorry, dinner's almost ready Just a minute" "What're you..." "Come on, let's do it?" "No..." "Not like this..." "Again the game came down to this man" "Watanabe's grand slam capped this come-from-behind victory... and clinched the division title for the Dragons..." "If the Dragons win it all, let's buy a car and go on a drive" "We'll go to the beach, and set off some fireworks" "Yeah" "Littering!" "Littering!" "What the fuck You pick it up" "How was the test drive?" "Over here" "Good driving" "Used to drive trucks" "Here's what you owe" "I'm... sorry" "Apologies don't exactly help repair the car" "I see zero" "Excuse me, but what are you..." "Stop whining, I'll pay, damnit So how much?" "Hello" "Oh, Nanba, been a while" "Forgot you worked here Still remember what to do?" "What?" "Hello, my name is Nanba..." "I'd like to try out for..." "Hello, Chunichi Dragons" "Your... open try outs..." "I'm sorry but we're no longer..." "Really..." "I'm... the ultimate..." "I trained with Babe Ruth for ten years, did a thousand swings a day..." "So I'd like to... try out..." "I'm sorry, but we have no open tryouts scheduled at this time" "No more... tryouts...?" "I'm sorry..." "You there!" "That's it, that's it..." "Your swing's lookin' good" "Mister?" "Now ya just gotta do as ya please" "That's the ultimate!" "I just need to paint it, right?" "Just paint the damaged area?" "Like I said, ma'am, painting cars Is quite different from normal painting" "I can paint anything, man" "Name's Ochiai" "You keep saying no, what should I do?" "What if we do it and it looks perfect?" "Ma'am!" "Ma'am..." "Where's the car?" "It's at the factory for repairs" "What the fuck!" "Like I keep repeating, it's completely different from normal paint" "Understand?" "I'm not paying a cent" "I'm not paying you a cent" "(in broken Japanese) Money..." "Money..." "Money..." "Money... give me..." "Money... give me..." "At last, the final championship game between the Dragons and Lions..." "Hello?" "Hello?" "It's me..." "What?" "I'm at work" "Sorry... um... you see..." "What?" "I'm... seeing someone" "Look..." "No, listen..." "Um, I'm... leaving" "He's still young..." "And besides... he's macho" "That's why..." "Ugly bitch, what're you saying?" "He said I'm not ugly!" "You are ugly!" "I hate you!" "Come here a sec" "Put Your hand here" "What do you think?" "Yes..." "I thought so" "Look, your daddy's rich, right?" "He's the goddamn mayor!" "Don't tell me you got no money" "So It's capital punishment for you, Ohba" "Your pecker's going to every girl in class" "Money... give me!" "Is It you, Nanba?" "What the...!" "Just in, a convenience store robbery reported in West Tokorozawa..." "Suspect is male, about 180cm tall, solidly built..." "Struck the victim with a bat and fled with about 300,000 yen..." "Just a minute!" "Wait wait wait!" "Hold on!" "Who're you?" "Who're you?" "I'm Ochiai" "I was asked to paint a car today, but that drunk, stacked chick forgot to pay me" "She's your woman, huh?" "Hey, look at that..." "How much you got there?" "Wait, just hand that over And we'll call it even" "You don't wanna see me pissed now, do you?" "Wait!" "Whoa, whoa!" "Sorry, I was kidding!" "Look, let's talk!" "Just put that thing down..." "Put It down..." "Good, this is your lucky day You can come help me, okay?" "Then I'll let you go" "Help you with what?" "A hit" "You're gonna help me with a hit job" "Hey wait!" "I've got your chick!" "I'll kill her, goddammit!" "Ow!" "Fuck!" "Wish I could've seen some guts from tou Thanks for everything" "I'll shoot that bitch..." "Why a bat, anyway?" "Oh, I get it" "Must be a baseball fan, huh?" "Of course" "Oh, my name's Ochiai..." "Like the Dragons manager, you know?" "I'm thinking maybe I'm related to him or something" "It's this gut feeling" "They talk about his maverick style, but I've been painting for a while" "Been a maverick longer than him..." "Oh, that?" "It's my little girl" "Now for the weather report..." "Rain in Seoul, with an expected low of 2 ºC and a high of 10 ºC..." "Cloudy in Beijing, with a low of 7 ºC, high of 11 ºC..." "It's sunny in Hawaii..." "Love to go to Hawaii with my daughter..." "Hawaii..." "The orange sky, it's beautiful" "Hawaii..." "Must be hot!" "Let's go" "This one's deep!" "It's going, going, gone!" "Home run!" "The Dragons add an insurance run to make it 7-4" "Nagoya Dome is rocking from the loud ovation!" "There she is!" " Shit!" " Get her!" "Get back here, bitch!" "Just in from Tokorozawa..." "A group of teens brawling in the South Industrial Housing Complex..." "Um, Ms, Eiko..." "Where is she?" "So that was a lie..." "Let's go" "Unlike earlier, Ochiai's looking extremely concerned now... after this unlikely comeback..." "Come on, hurry" "Hand over the money!" "Let's go!" "Help, someone!" "Murderer!" "Anyone here?" "That hurts, dammit!" "Give It to her!" "Grab her!" "C'mon do it!" "Get her in the stomach!" "Shit!" "Scram, hurry!" "Die, bitch!" "Loser" "I'll shoot all you fuckers!" "Hurry up, man!" "Just open up the register!" "Come on, what's your problem?" "What the..." "Hey, you, come on!" "Bust his skull open!" "Just but his skull open!" "Hurry up!" "What're you running away for?" "You punk!" "I'll drill a hole in you!" "Fuck..." "Another report, a fire at the same convenience store as earlier..." "Teens fled the scene of scuffling..." "Second fire reported at the Yamaguchi residence near the earlier fire..." "Arson suspected Requesting immediate response" "Just in, report of an attempted robbery in Tokorozawa..." "Location is a gas station near highway 463..." "Suspects are two males, including one holding a bat currently fleeing..." "Ten years?" "The ultimate swing?" "You think you can beat me, huh?" "Hooray!" "Hooray!" "Hooray!" "Hooray!" "Eiko" "Now I'm penniless, dammit!" "Heard you're swinging better, Banamba" "You'll be starting soon" "Eiko, we'll go to the beach..." "And we'll light some fireworks" "So bring our stuff" " Sure, but..." " Just go!" "What's gotten into you?" "You want me to go?" "Fine, I'll go" "It's no fun playing alone" "Hit just one and I'll let you go" "Holy shit" "Man, that was straight down the middle" "Ishioka, what about your elbow?" "I may be rotten but I'm still the ace" "Impressive" "It's the ultimate swing" "Ultimate?" "But one more strike and you're out, Banamba" "I'm having the time of my life, man" "I know" "Now... stop... grinning!" "Yes!" "That's a homer!" "Banamba..." "A stacked girlfriend, even?" "I'm jealous, man" "Banamba" "How was I?" "Still an ace" "Right?" "Go, now" "Damn, my elbow..." "And those knockers!" "Takehara Pistol" "Masanobu Ando" "Maki Sakai" "Koji Wakamatsu" "Susumu Terajima" "Executive Prodecuers:" "Fumiaki Furuya" " Ichiro Shirahama" "Chief Producers:" "Satoshi Komatsu" " Hiromi Aihara" "Producers:" "Tomohiro Kobayashi" " Toshiki Kimura" "Producers:" "Yuji Ichihashi" " Rie Nishioka" "Associate Producers:" "Tetsuro Yamamori" " Shigeaki Komatsu" "Original story:" "Tomohiro Koizumi (AKITA PUBLISHING CO., LTD)" "Screenplay by Takashi Ujita" "Theme Song: "Naraba Tomoyo"" "Music:" "AKAINU" "Still Photographer:" "Itaru Hirama" "Director of Photography:" "Kiyoaki Hashimoto" "Directed by Kazuyoshi Kumakiri" "Victor Entertainment, Inc."