The Giants

The program investigates the secrets behind the success of Japan’s most famous baseball team, the Tokyo Yomiuri Kyojin-gun, affectionately known as the Giants. An interview with Kawakami, the coach at the time, retraces the glorious history of this team, which was Japan’s baseball champion for seven consecutive years, until 1971.

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Rokkō Toura

Narrator

Directing

Nagisa Ōshima

Director

Directing

Nagisa Ōshima

Director