Rookies (2009-Japan)

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Movie: Rookies
Director: Yuichiro Hirakawa
Assistant Director: Yuji Nakamae
Writer: Masanori Morita (manga), Yoshihiro Izumi
Producer: Yoshihiro Sato, Nobuhiro Azuma, Masaaki Tsuru, Makoto Akiyama, Kazuya Hamana
Cinematographer: Shigeyu Madarame
Release Date: May 30, 2009
Runtime: 137 min.
Genre: Drama / Drama / Baseball / Based on a Comic
Distributor: Toho
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot

Koichi Kawato (Ryuta Sato) is a new teacher at Futakotamagawa Academy, whose baseball club features nothing but thugs and bullies. He takes genuine interest in those players and tries them onto a better path ... even by quoting proverbs.

Notes

Based on Masanori Morita's manga "Rookies," which ran in “Weekly Shonen Jump” from 1998 to 2003 (24 Volumes).
Related titles:
1. Rookies (TBS / 2008)
2. Rookies SP (TBS / 2008)
3. Rookies (2009)

Cast



Ryuta Sato	Hayato Ichihara	Keisuke Koide	Yuu Shirota	Akiyoshi Nakao	Sousuke Takaoka
Koichi Kawato	Keiichi Aniya	Toru Mikoshiba	Kei Shinjo	Shuta Sekikawa	Tomochika Wakana



Kenta Kiritani	Takeru Satoh	Shunji Igarashi	Yosuke Kawamura	Hiroyuki Onoue	Yusuke Yamamoto
Taira Hiratsuka	Yuya Okada	Tetsura Yufune	Kiyooki Hiyama	Shinobu Imaoka	Shoji Akahoshi

Additional Cast Members:

Takuya Ishida - Taiyo Hamanaka
Haruka Ayase - Kyoko Mikoshiba
Eri Murakawa - Toko Yagi
Atsuro Watabe - Makoto Yoshida
Kohei Takeda - Joji kawakami
Hiroyuki Amano - Mitsuhide Kakefu
Anna Nose - Kaoru Fujita
Hiroyuki Hirayama - Ukyo Shimano
Kazuyuki Asano - Shunsaku Ikebe
Kazue Fukiishi - Rie Tanaka
Ren Osugi - Akihiro Fujimura
Masato Ibu - Yoshio Murayama
Hiroshi Katsuno

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Alfi Jul 08 2016 8:20 am Best drama ever!

taker aha Dec 24 2015 2:13 am the best drama in the world . (y) most recommended for teachers

Joe Dharma Oct 04 2013 2:09 pm I saw all the series and this is the best film ever in my life. How can i get the special episode? Where? WHere? WHEre? WHERe? WHERE???????

qamar Jun 24 2012 8:07 am i LOOOOVVEE this tv show its amazing <3 <3 <3 aniya is the best <3 <3 <3 <3

thery Feb 22 2012 7:13 am where i can find episode 12,,, really excited to watch this vedio,,

Kaori Jun 18 2011 11:39 am Watched this show in the plane and fell in love with the show <3 I cried at the end . Shinjo is really COOL !! xD <3

enon Mar 27 2011 12:15 am i really like this movie i play softball not baseball but i can play baseball to i more i like see yufune went his smile really cute :)

scheanneth Jul 01 2010 6:13 am was watching this since early morning... but can't find the episode 11...

do you where i can watch it?... i'm really excited for the said match...

help please...

Deshaikha May 01 2010 10:33 pm The Best

astra Jan 28 2010 9:16 am Is it subbed yet? I know the film was released on DVD early december... Please share!

annmisuki Jan 25 2010 4:22 am the best.........

pana Dec 18 2009 8:08 am finally got to watch this awesome movie 4days ago in a plane when i was on my way home from Japan to Malaysia.. i love it!!

cantia Nov 19 2009 2:44 pm where can i have the special subbed? or only the sub, it doesn't mater.

Nanami Oct 10 2009 5:40 pm Yes, it's different from the special. This was released in theatres in May 2009. It's advertised to come out on December 4th on DVD.

Jackii Oct 02 2009 11:25 pm This is different to the special right?

Danial Sep 28 2009 3:30 am I have the series version "Rookies" (TBS/2008) in English subtitle. But I wanted to find the movie version now.

abana Sep 27 2009 1:36 pm I want the movie now!!!!! Lo kiero ya! jeje

daryl Jul 12 2009 7:13 am anyone know wherei can get the movie poster too? smile

bobby Jul 07 2009 12:42 pm yes, me too... anybody knows when will it be available on DVD?

evilive May 26 2009 11:30 am i want too see it. i can't wait.....

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