Battlefield Baseball (2003)
"Jigoku Kôshien" (original title)

Battlefield Baseball is a tough game--it doesn't end until all the members on the opposing team are dead. In this game the Gedo High team is composed of blue-faced zombies, and their ... See full summary »

Director:

Yudai Yamaguchi

Writers:

Isao Kiriyama (screenplay), Gatarô Man (comic),

Stars:

Tak Sakaguchi, Atsushi Itô, Hideo Sakaki

Cast

Credited cast:
Tak Sakaguchi	...	Yakyû Jubei
Atsushi Itô	...	Megane
Hideo Sakaki	...	Hôichi
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Shôichirô Masumoto	...	Umpire
Akiko Mishiro
Alex Revan	...	Blaster
Kanae Uotani	...	Young mother

Storyline

Battlefield Baseball is a tough game--it doesn't end until all the members on the opposing team are dead. In this game the Gedo High team is composed of blue-faced zombies, and their opponents on the Seido High team know they don't have a chance at beating them unless they can bring back a star pitcher who has a lethal pitch called the Super Tornado, but who has hung up his cleats and has no desire to return to the game.

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Plot Keywords:

beating | baseball | pitcher | falling from height | alcoholism | 

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Genres:

Action | Comedy | Horror | Sport

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Release Date:

10 September 2004 (South Korea)

Also Known As:

Battlefield Baseball

Company Credits

Production Co:

Klock Worx Co., Media Suits, napalm FiLMS

Technical Specs

Runtime:

87 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Connections

Referenced in Ban the Sadist Videos! (2005)

User Reviews

How Can You Not Love This Stuff?

BATTLEFIELD BASEBALL (3 outta 5 stars) Okay, this is a low budget movie... they didn't have a lot of money to spend on big action scenes (or realistic-looking gore)... but, dang, it was still a lot of fun! How can you not love a movie about a high school baseball team that has to fight an evil team that slaughters everyone they play against... and takes time out for a few musical ballads along the way? I'm not generally a fan of these "funny" Asian action movies... I prefer the more serious ones... but this movie was too outrageous for me not to enjoy. A sullen young teen who has sworn off baseball due to a childhood tragedy is the only one who can help Seido High defeat the ultra-violent psychos... but come game time he is locked away in a prison cell... will he get out in time? Don't worry about the movie making too much sense... it doesn't... but I loved the team of bad guys, particularly the head coach who is one of the coolest looking villains ever. He looks something like Jim Carrey in "The Mask"... but dressed like Marlon Brando in "The Missouri Breaks". The extremely round-eyed Bancho that we meet at the start of the movie is pretty funny, too. The movie plays out like a feature length Monty Python sketch... so if absurdity is not your thing you should probably see something else.