Mr. Rookie
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- Movie: Mr. Rookie
- Japanese: ミスター ルーキー
- Director: Satoshi Isaka
- Writer: Satoshi Isaka. Takashi Suzuki
- Producer: Kei Ijichi
- Cinematographer: Tetsuo Sano
- Release Date: February 23, 2002
- Runtime: 118 min.
- Distributor: Toei
- Language: Japanese
- Country: Japan
Plot
A promising pitcher gave up on his dream of playing pro ball because of an injury. Koji Ohara (Kazushige Nagashima) is given a second chance at baseball and becomes the Hanshin Tigers' secret weapon out of the pen. He is dubbed "Mr. Rookie" by the team's manager and wears a spandex tiger mask to hide his identity - he still has his ad exec job and family to think of. He soon becomes a media sensation, as he continues to win and the media try to find out his identity.
Cast
- Kazushige Nagashima - Koji Ohara
- Mayu Tsuruta - Yuko Ohara
- Naoto Takenaka - Kazuo Koga
- Mitsuru Fukikoshi - Yabe
- Isao Hashizume - Segawa, Manager
- Shigeru Koyama - Narita
- Jun Kunimura - Yang
- Takeo Nakahara - Hiramatsu, Coach
- Norihiro Komada - Shugo Mutoh
- Mirai Yamamoto - Noriko Kojima
- Tamao Sato - Junko Shii
- Tadao Sato
- Shin Takuma - Egawa
Awards
- "Rookie of the Year" (Kazushige Nagashima) - 2003 (26th) Japan Academy Prize - March 7, 2003
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