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Deadball

Original title: Deddobôru
  • 2011
  • Not Rated
  • 1h 39m
IMDb RATING
5.2/10
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Deadball (2011)
Baseball prodigy Jubeh Yakyu (Tak Sakaguchi) is the most feared and dangerous juvenile delinquent in all of Japan. After accidentally causing the death of his father with a super-powered fireball pitch, Jubeh swore off baseball, but his life of crime leaves him in the Pterodactyl Juvenile Reformatory, at the mercy of Headmistress Ishihara, the granddaughter of a World War II Nazi collaborator, and her sadistic assistant, Ilsa.
Despite having sworn never to play baseball again, Jubeh is presented with an ultimatum: join the reformatory team, The Gauntlets, in the national tournament, or witness the death of his innocent cellmate.  Jubeh is now in a fight for his life against the sexy but deadly "psycho butcher girls" of the St. Black Dahlia High School.  These teams are literally playing for blood! A hilariously offensive, politically incorrect sports splatter comedy, DEADBALL is director Yudai Yamaguchi's follow-up to his earlier zombie baseball classic BATTLEFIELD BASEBALL, and once again features action star Tak Sakaguchi (VERSUS, BE A MAN! SAMURAI SCHOOL). A riotous, over-the-top epic of excess, DEADBALL is the movie for the psycho sports fan in all of us, and more fun than a prison cavity search!
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Baseball prodigy Jubeh Yakyu (Tak Sakaguchi) is the most feared and dangerous juvenile delinquent in all of Japan. After accidentally causing the death of his father with a super-powered, de... Read allBaseball prodigy Jubeh Yakyu (Tak Sakaguchi) is the most feared and dangerous juvenile delinquent in all of Japan. After accidentally causing the death of his father with a super-powered, deadly fireball pitch, Jubeh swore off baseball and became a criminal and now, at 17, has be... Read allBaseball prodigy Jubeh Yakyu (Tak Sakaguchi) is the most feared and dangerous juvenile delinquent in all of Japan. After accidentally causing the death of his father with a super-powered, deadly fireball pitch, Jubeh swore off baseball and became a criminal and now, at 17, has been sent to the Pterodactyl Juvenile Reformatory for hardened criminals. Headmistress Ishih... Read all

  • Director
    • Yûdai Yamaguchi
  • Writers
    • Keita Tokaji
    • Yûdai Yamaguchi
  • Stars
    • Tak Sakaguchi
    • Mari Hoshino
    • Miho Ninagawa
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  • IMDb RATING
    5.2/10
    590
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Yûdai Yamaguchi
    • Writers
      • Keita Tokaji
      • Yûdai Yamaguchi
    • Stars
      • Tak Sakaguchi
      • Mari Hoshino
      • Miho Ninagawa
    • 12User reviews
    • 45Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 1 nomination

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    Tak Sakaguchi
    Tak Sakaguchi
    • Jûbei Yakyû
    • (as Taku Sakaguchi)
    Mari Hoshino
    • Suzuki Shinosuke…
    Miho Ninagawa
    • Principal Ishihara
    Takamasa Suga
    • Musashi
    Jyonmyon Pe
    • Eyeball
    • (as Jhonmyon Pe)
    Miho Harita
    • Ilsa Zwei
    Mickey Curtis
    • Father
    • (as Mikkî Kâchisu)
    Kôichi Yamadera
    Kôichi Yamadera
    • Baseball Announcer
    Ryôsei Tayama
    Ryôsei Tayama
    • Warden Mifune
    • (as Ryusei Tayama)
    Bobby
    Kai Atô
    Erina
    • Ivy, St. Black Dahlia Baseball Player
    • (as DizzyBusy)
    Lina
    • St. Black Dahlia Baseball Player
    • (as DizzyBusy)
    Yu-ko
    • St. Black Dahlia Baseball Player
    • (as DizzyBusy)
    Tomochan
    • St. Black Dahlia Baseball Player
    • (as DizzyBusy)
    Nanami
    • Blind, St. Black Dahlia Baseball Player
    Junichi Gamou
      Masayoshi Haneda
      Masayoshi Haneda
      • Director
        • Yûdai Yamaguchi
      • Writers
        • Keita Tokaji
        • Yûdai Yamaguchi
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      • Trivia
        Jubeh, the hero, notes the resemblance of Headmistress Ishihara's butler to the singer Klaus Nomi. In fact, the character is made up with Nomi's trademark widow's peak, bee-stung lips and white face make-up. Jubeh adds that he admires the butler's musical talent.
      • Connections
        References Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island (1956)
      • Soundtracks
        One Night Syndrome
        Performed by Piano Zombie

      User reviews12

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      9/10
      this is an expansion to Shaolin Soccer !
      This movie takes place in the same range like Shaolin Soccer. Deadball is to Baseball, what Shaolin Soccer is to soccer (or Captain Tsubasa why not!). There are plenty situation which contain a lot a blood and humor too ! Even some of them have a few "kind-of-erotic-hentai" scenes... I didn't put a maximal note because the music, specially the score (instrumental music) is really bad, it sounds like a old 70's TV show. At least, in Shaolin soccer, the score was wonderful like a John williams' music. I would add to this movie, that if you liked Battle Royale, then you will loves this movie too ! The Nazi-thing added in the story is a sort of great humor than only European people can get, but i hope other person will understand the comic situations, even the whole body-check ! !
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      • Sep 25, 2012

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      • Release date
        • July 15, 2011 (Canada)
      • Country of origin
        • Japan
      • Official site
        • Official site
      • Language
        • Japanese
      • Also known as
        • Quả Bóng Tử Thần
      • Production companies
        • Nikkatsu
        • Pipeline
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        • $600,000 (estimated)
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      • Runtime
        1 hour 39 minutes
      • Color
        • Color
      • Aspect ratio
        • 1.85 : 1

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