Koji Namiki is a young pitcher who has shown great promise on the diamond by winning the National High School Baseball Championships. Shortly after entering college, however, Namiki's athletic career is called into question after he suffers a severe elbow injury. But despite a disheartening diagnosis, Namiki is determined to make a comeback. With a little help from his teammates it appears that he is getting back on track, too. Recently, he's even developed a new slow ball that he and his teammates have christened "the magic pitch". Fate can be a cruel mistress though, and when World War II breaks out Namiki the entire team join the navy and begin a training regiment specifically designed to prepare them for the ultimate darkness, an submarine attack method also known as "The Human Torpedo".
Directed by Kiyoshi Sasabe
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Ichikawa Ebizo XI
Koji Namiki
Yusuke Iseya
Katsuya Kita
Shun Shioya
Nobuo Ito
Teruyuki Kagawa
Kashima
Yuko Kotegawa
Mitsue Namiki
Tomokazu Miura
Toshiaki Namiki
Mitsunori Isaki
Hiroyuki Okita
Shuji Kashiwabara
Yasukichi Sakuma
Toshiyuki Nagashima
Baba
Juri Ueno
Minako Narumi
Sei Hiraizumi
Hiroyuki Hirayama
Gouhara
Kyôta Inoue
Yuki Kuroda
Satoshi Obata
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