Hero Interview

Sep 3 1994 N/A 1h 46m
Romance, Sport

Kasumi Sawaki (Honami Suzuki) works for a top-ranked newspaper publishing company as a capable economic reporter. Speaking six languages fluently, she vigorously performs research and interviews. Her fiance, Ishii (Shingo Tsurumi) is an elite in the same company. Although her work and love seem to go very well, she is suddenly relegated to the minor Sports Department which is full of strange colleagues.

Plot

A career woman works at a newspaper and publishing company. She is unexpectedly assigned to another department in order to cover sports. She has to work the baseball beat. She knows little about the sport however. She attends a game one day where she meets a minor league baseball player who has a daughter and no wife. He used to be in the majors, but has not been the same since his accident. The man is pondering retirement. The reporter tries to cheer him up. They fall in love.

Written by

Shinji Nojima, Atsuya Yamazaki

Directed by

Michio Mitsuno

Cast

Hiroyuki Sanada, Honami Suzuki, Yumi Adachi

Crew

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Production Countries

Japan

Production Companies

Fuji Television Network, Horipro

Languages

Awards

2 wins

Scores
# of Votes
43
Average Rating
6.2 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA