Full Swing (TV series)
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is a 2008 Japanese television series. It is based on the biography of Michihiro Takabatake, a professional baseball
player and coach who became a high-school teacher at the age of 59.
Baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
player and coach who became a high-school teacher at the age of 59.
Cast
- Katsumi Takahashi as Michihiro Takabayashi
- Ran ItōRan Itois a Japanese actress and previous member of the 1970s idol group Candies. She is married to Mizutani Yutaka, a famous actor in Japan. She won the award for best supporting actress at the 2nd Yokohama Film Festival for Disciples of Hippocrates.-Filmography:...
as Michiko Takabayashi - Shohei Kawaguchi as Kōhei Takabayashi
- Katsuya KobayashiKatsuya Kobayashiis a Japanese actor. Even though he and fellow Kamen Rider Kabuto: God Speed Love-exclusive Rider actor Mitsuki Koga/Kamen Rider Ketaros were only Kamen Riders within the movie, they did make a guest appearance during the final episode of the series as two people affected by the necklaces that...
as Kazuma Aragaki - Kōtarō SatomiKotaro Satomiis a Japanese actor from the city of Fujinomiya, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. He appears in both contemporary and jidaigeki roles.-Selected filmography:Satomi has appeared in over 130 films...
as Seiichirō Tendō - Masato HagiwaraMasato Hagiwarais a Japanese actor. He is employed by Alpha Agency.-Live-Action Roles:*Change!*Onmyoji as Imperial Prince Sawara Shinno-Anime roles:*Akagi as Shigeru Akagi*Blade as Kykyo Mikage...
as Ikkyū Abe - Kazue FukiishiKazue Fukiishiis a Japanese actress. She won the award for best supporting actress at the 28th Yokohama Film Festival for What the Snow Brings, Tegami and Memories of Tomorrow.-Filmography:* Sabu...
as Aya Tokitō - Shinya TsukamotoShinya Tsukamotois a Japanese film director and actor with a considerable cult following both domestically and abroad.-Biography:Tsukamoto started making movies at the age of 14, when his father gave him a Super 8 camera. He made a number of films, ranging...
as Saburō Ōta