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Release Date:
September 7, 1948
Original Title:
エノケンのホームラン王
Genres:
Comedy
Production Companies:
Enoken Pro
Shintoho Company
Production Countries:
Japan
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 76
Postwar! Baseball! Comedy! Enoken plays a superfan of the Yomiuri Giants – the real Tokyo team, with many of its star players "acting" as themselves – who, despite his utter lack of athletic abilities, becomes embroiled in their successes, and their personal lives. Will Enoken help the Giants take the pennant?
Art Direction:
Masatoshi Katō
Assistant Director:
Kiyoshi Komori
Director:
Kunio Watanabe
Director of Photography:
Tatsuo Tomonari
Editor:
Toshio Goto
Executive Producer:
Kazuo Takimura
Lighting Technician:
Soichi Yokoi
Original Music Composer:
Shigekazu Kurihara
Original Story:
Hachiro Sato
Screenplay:
Kunio Watanabe
Matsuo Kishi
Sound Recordist:
Kenji Murayama
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