Deadball
2011 Japanese film / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Deadball (デッドボール, Deddobōru) is a 2011 Japanese splatter comedy film directed by Yudai Yamaguchi. The film stars Tak Sakaguchi as Jubeh Yakyu, a seventeen-year-old who accidentally kills his father with his extra powerful baseball arm. Years later, he is a juvenile delinquent and is sent to a reform school after killing over 50 people within a week. To escape the school, Jubeh agrees to join the baseball team, even though he had sworn off the sport since his father's death.
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Directed by | Yudai Yamaguchi |
Written by | Keita Tokaji |
Produced by | Yoshinori Chiba Shin Torisawa |
Starring | Tak Sakaguchi Mari Hoshino Miho Ninagawa Ryosei Tayama |
Cinematography | Masakazu Oka |
Edited by | Zensuke Hori |
Music by | Nobuhiko Morino |
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Running time | 98 minutes |
Country | Japan |
Language | Japanese |
The film premiered at the Fantasia Festival in 2011. Reception to the film has been more positive than the joint-directoral effort between Yamaguchi and Sakaguchi on their film Yakuza Weapon.