Deguchi no nai umi

Sep 16 2006 N/A 2h 1m
Drama, War

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".

Plot

Koji Namiki, a talented young pitcher, who had won the National High School Baseball Championships enters university, but soon afterwards injures his elbow. He and his teammates work hard to get back on the field placing all his hopes on a new slow-ball, "the magic pitch." However, the outbreak of WWII wipes out the baseball ambitions from everyone. They join the military and in the navy undergo the severe training that prepares them for death. Death awaits them in a "kaiten" (special attack submarine or "human torpedo") within the gloomy ocean depths, but Koji never gives up his dream of the "magic pitch."

Written by

Hideo Yokoyama, Yôji Yamada, Motofumi Tomikawa

Directed by

Kiyoshi Sasabe

Cast

Ebizô Ichikawa, Yûsuke Iseya, Juri Ueno

Crew

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Production Countries

Japan

Production Companies

Asahi Shimbun Newspaper, Asahi Broadcasting Corporation

Languages

Awards

2 wins

Scores
# of Votes
173
Average Rating
6.2 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA