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Rookies the Movie: Graduation (2009)

Genre : Drama

Runtime : 2H 17M

Director : Yuichiro Hirakawa

Synopsis

Futakotamagawa High School had a Baseball Club, but because of a fight during one of their games, they were suspended for a year from all games. Composed of student delinquents, Futakotamagawa High's new Literature teacher Kawato Koichi inspires the Baseball Club to believe in a dream goal once again. For them, it is to play at the Koshien - Japan's National High School Baseball Championship. But, Kawato Koichi and the newly reformed baseball team run into plenty of obstacles along the way...

Actors

Ryuta Sato
Ryuta Sato
Koichi Kawato
Hayato Ichihara
Hayato Ichihara
Keiichi Aniya
Keisuke Koide
Keisuke Koide
Toru Mikoshiba
Yu Shirota
Yu Shirota
Kei Shinjo
Akiyoshi Nakao
Akiyoshi Nakao
Shuta Sekikawa
Sousuke Takaoka
Sousuke Takaoka
Tomochika Wakana
Kenta Kiritani
Kenta Kiritani
Taira Hiratsuka
Takeru Satoh
Takeru Satoh
Yuya Okada
Shunji Igarashi
Shunji Igarashi
Tetsura Yufune
Yôsuke Kawamura
Yôsuke Kawamura
Kiyooki Hiyama
Hiroyuki Onoue
Hiroyuki Onoue
Shinobu Imaoka
Yusuke Yamamoto
Yusuke Yamamoto
Shoji Akahoshi
Takuya Ishida
Takuya Ishida
Taiyo Hamanaka
Haruka Ayase
Haruka Ayase
Kyoko Mikoshiba
Eri Murakawa
Eri Murakawa
Toko Yagi
Atsuro Watabe
Atsuro Watabe
Makoto Yoshida
Kouhei Tanaka
Kouhei Tanaka
Joji Kawakami
Hiroyuki Amano
Hiroyuki Amano
Mitsuhide Kakefu
Anna Nose
Anna Nose
Kaoru Fujita
Hiroyuki Hirayama
Hiroyuki Hirayama
Ukyo Shimano
Kazuyuki Asano
Kazuyuki Asano
Shunsaku Ikebe
Kazue Fukiishi
Kazue Fukiishi
Rie Tanaka
Ren Osugi
Ren Osugi
Akihiro Fujimura
Masatō Ibu
Masatō Ibu
Yoshio Murayama
Hiroshi Katsuno
Hiroshi Katsuno

Crews

Yuichiro Hirakawa
Yuichiro Hirakawa
Director
Yoshihiro Izumi
Yoshihiro Izumi
Writer
Masato Akiyama
Masato Akiyama
Producer
Nobuhiro Azuma
Nobuhiro Azuma
Producer
Yoshihiro Sato
Yoshihiro Sato
Producer
Tsuru Masaaki
Tsuru Masaaki
Producer
Takefumi Haketa
Takefumi Haketa
Music
Yu Takami
Yu Takami
Music
Tamio Kobayashi
Tamio Kobayashi
Production Design
Yuji Nakamae
Yuji Nakamae
Assistant Director
Hiroki Taniguchi
Hiroki Taniguchi
Sound Effects Editor
Yasuhito Hattori
Yasuhito Hattori
CG Artist
Kazunobu Kosaka
Kazunobu Kosaka
Visual Effects Director
Masana Machiura
Masana Machiura
CG Artist
Yoshitaka Matsuura
Yoshitaka Matsuura
Compositor
Takahiro Ogaki
Takahiro Ogaki
Compositor
Kenji Sakota
Kenji Sakota
CG Supervisor
Jun Satake
Jun Satake
Compositor
Tetsuya Shiraishi
Tetsuya Shiraishi
Compositor
Mihoko Takahashi
Mihoko Takahashi
Matte Painter
Travis Hottinger
Travis Hottinger
Lighting Technician
Kazuyuki Kawasato
Kazuyuki Kawasato
Gaffer
Hirohide Shida
Hirohide Shida
Music Supervisor
Yoshihiro Suzuki
Yoshihiro Suzuki
Line Producer
Takashi Yanagi
Takashi Yanagi
Visual Effects Director
Shigetomo Madarame
Shigetomo Madarame
Director of Photography
Kazuya Hamana
Kazuya Hamana
Executive Producer

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