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A NIPPON SHUPPAN HANBAI INC. and Victor Entertainment, Inc. production

GREEN MIND, METAL BATS

Here we go

Coach

I'll keep swinging until I'm satisfied

Sure, go for it

Hey, shortstop!

Let's see whatcha got

I'm a pretty good ballplayer, you know

You ain't bad yourself, but ya need some work

Here, lemme see Gimme the bat

C'mon

Lemme see the bat

Listen

When ya swing the bat, ya gotta hear it cut the wind

Like this

Baseball was, is and always will be the best game in the world, eh?

My old man...

...used to say so

Mister, who are you?

Me?

Ya don't know? I'm Babe Ruth!

Well, keep swingin' away It's a long road ahead, though

990...

991...

992...

993...

994...

995...

Kuniaki Nanba, 27, 180cm, 80kg Bats right, throws right

Born in Tokorozawa: High school -> Shipping company -> Convenience store

999...

1000!

Thank you for waiting

What happened to the mayo?

Excuse me?

Hey, hey, hey...

What the hell

I heard it explode

Here's a pack of mayonnaise, sir

That'll be 58 yen

You're missing the point, man

Fuck this

You screwing with me?

Come out for a sec

Here It comes! Hit it! Let's hear some noise!

See you missed one

Hey, good swing

Say something, dammit! I'm complimeting you!

Can't focus like this...

Chiba, it's your monthly fee Better bring it next time, got it?

Or else I'm sending this to every girl in class, understand?

Answer me

Yes

You can go now

Whoa, whoa

You'll get arrested, man

Here's the resting room You can eat in here

Nanba, this is Yamaguchi, our new guy

Nice to meet you

So this is Nanba

Not the most dependable guy, but go to him with any questions

Show him the ropes, okay?

Sir, have you worked here long?

Good day!

You must be the new guy?

I'm Yamaguchi

Nice to meet you, I'm Mami How old are you?

I'm 17

A year younger than me!

Really? Then shouldn't you be cramming for college exams instead of working?

No worries I'm pretty smart

Is that right?

Just kidding So you live around here?

Pretty close 2 or 3 minutes on my bike

- I live right over here - Seriously?

Let's hang out sometime!

May I have a word with you?

361...

362...

363...

364...

May I have a word with you?

Could you please stop staring at me? It really creeps me out

Fuck!

Don't be staring at me

What the hell are you doing?

You...

I'm giving it character!

Come here

Just great, huh?

Just come

I said come here!

Now what do you think you're doing?

What the hell! What the hell!

A small blue flame begins to burn deep in the stomach,

and grows bigger and bigger

When it reaches its biggest size...

Hey

You did it last night, didn't you?

You took me while I was sleeping

The time is almost 2 am

Boobs

Ow!

Take your clothes off first

Nanba

That was rape, you know

Yes

Not that I care

Your batting, you know,

it's not worse than before, or rather...

it's pretty good, dammit!

Yes...

Okay, then

Good day, sir

Good day

Nanba here

I made some changes to this month's shifts

Sir, but I'm the only one that has reduced hours

Sorry, but that's what I had to do

What?

Wouldn't you expect it?

Good day, sir

Good day

See you tomorrow, Mami

Yes, sir And I apologize about today

Sure, don't worry about it Just be careful from now on

Yes, sir I'll be going, then

Okay, take care

What?

A... TV...?

What the...?

You're home

Walt... that's...

Hey, can you hold this?

There!

Now, the real pennant race begins today

Who'll gain the momentum? Will it be the Dragons or the Giants?

To kick off this 3-game series, Sergio gets the start for the Dragons

He's been the most consistent starter in the Dragons rotation thus far,

and is already in double digits in wins

Yes! There we go!

He singles to right! He's been the Dragons' strength all year!

The runner goes...

This shot's deep!

And it's outta here!

A 3-run homer to the left-field bleachers puts the Giants back on top!

It's final! Manager Ochiai and his Dragons can't pull this one out

They fuckin' lost...

Don't just stand there forever!

The Dragons lost, man

And we're out of booze

Let me hit you

Nosebleed

Um, Ms, Eiko...

I don't have enough cash... What should I...?

You serious?

All right, wait for a sec. I'll be right back

Hospital? No no, I haven't gone

Actually, it kinda hurts

You okay? Any discharge?

Discharge? Oh, totally! It's like a flood!

You serious?

Haven't bathed in a while

You gotta take baths, Rumi

Hello? Rumi?

Rumi? Can you hear me?

Hello? Hello? Hey!

That's her!

Hey, assholes! Give the money back!

Walt... Ms. Eiko?

It's your chick, right? Do something about it!

Tell him, Shinji!

Hey, give back the fucking money!

Get away! What the hell!

You broke it...

C'mon give up the money!

Show him your swing

That was awesome

I've been to the nationals

For real? How'd you do?

I went 2 for 3

That's awesome

He looks like this

And see, he's carrying a bat

One of those aluminum ones

And he's a pretty big guy

Good day

Who the hell are they?

We got attacked by a scary woman and a big man with a bat!

It was attempted murder!

This supposed to be a human?

Look, we're not in the business of Intervening in civil affairs

So get the hell out of here

You stink

Move

Was It okay saying all that?

Sure

Okay, let's play some ball!

Yeah!

A home run coming!

Shinjo! Shinjo!

Wrong, I'm Babe Ruth

Now bring it!

Sir, Isn't that Junior?

Right down the middle, got it?

Wow, didn't know you played

Whatever

Give us back the home run ball!

That was an out

Jerk!

That was Babe Ruth's son, right?

Why the hell would Babe Ruth's son be Japanese, you retard?

I heard he paid an incognito visit and secretly had a baby here...

Shut up

Who the fuck cares about baseball?

In Tokorozawa the city held a ceremony to launch a campaign...

to bring the 2016 Olympics to the city

Over 200 residents crowded the park where the ceremony was held

My city Tokorozawa never loses

My city Tokorozawa always wins

Now let's all work together towards a very bright future!

Following Mayor Ohba's official declaration,

the tape was cut by his son, Katsutoshi

The mayor himself then lit the torch...

as the city took a big step towards their dream for 2016

Say...

It won't last like this, will it?

Put up an antenna, please?

We don't have any more money

Well... fine... then...

No more sex with you, and no more sucking on my boobs

Sipping on fuckin' beer...

I'm sleeping

So hungry...

Gimme your money

Gimme your money!

Here's your receipt

Well, thank you very much

Sir

That robbery with a bat they mentioned in the morning assembly...

Maybe it's that case we Ignored the other day

Who cares?

But we might get in trouble...

Look, I don't give a damn

Don't freak out, it wasn't even in our precinct

Get the phone

West Tokorozawa Police Box

Yes, yes, got it

Sir

A housewife caught shoplifting

So?

I'll go check it out

Is she young?

The housewife

Over here

Ma'am, since you won't speak, I had to call him in

Look, I don't need you

Excuse me? Okay, then...

Ma'am

Want me to let you go?

So...

What color are your panties?

Black

Let me see

Ms. Eiko!

It's Illegally parked, damnit!

Um, you shouldn't drink so much...

Don't ever tell me not to drink! You hear?

Don't you ever tell me not to drink, dammit!

What should we do?

Ignore 'em

What, you're not gonna go crying to the police, are you?

Banamba?

Who're you?

Fuckin' pigs! Want a piece of me, huh?

Nanba it's you, right?

It's me, Ishioka I was the pitcher on our team

Hey, wait a sec!

Will you shut the hell up?

So you're telling me you went to the nationals with him?

Yeah, I did

Of course, Banamba was only on the cheering squad, right?

Cheering squad?

What about going 2 for 3?

2 for 3?

Hey, man, don't be making up stupid lies to pick up chicks

Shut up! I'm gonna be trying out for the pros!

Listen to yourself Think about your age, man

Shut up! I've never swung better in my life!

Pathetic...

Anyway, good to see you're alive and well. See ya

Walt, Ishioka!

I'm not the same as before! I've got the ultimate swing, look!

Wait, it just took me ten years! Hey, Ishioka!

Walt, that's not it...

They used to call you Banamba?

Why'd you lie to me?

You wanted me to think you're great?

Let's get a hit, Banamba!

Banamba...

Your head okay?

I'm totally fine

The orange sky, it's beautiful...

Samejima, get in there

No, I can keep going

You want to win, don't you?

Strike three! The runners are stranded

Hard to tell the ace Ishioka has an elbow injury the way he's throwing

I'm going corporate

Oh, yeah? So you're quitting?

Is that all?

Well, I'm going then

Hey

What's the point? I don't like guys without guts or any future

Baseball's the best game in the world, eh?

What do you want, mister?

It's baseball, no?

Baseball isn't everything

Wait, Ishioka! I have the ultimate swing, look!

Walt!

It just took me ten years! Hey, Ishioka!

We got attacked by a scary woman and a big man with a bat!

Fuckin' pigs! Want a piece of me, huh?

Sorry, dinner's almost ready Just a minute

What're you...

Come on, let's do it?

No...

Not like this...

Again the game came down to this man

Watanabe's grand slam capped this come-from-behind victory...

and clinched the division title for the Dragons...

If the Dragons win it all,

let's buy a car and go on a drive

We'll go to the beach,

and set off some fireworks

Yeah

Littering!

Littering!

What the fuck You pick it up

How was the test drive?

Over here

Good driving

Used to drive trucks

Here's what you owe

I'm... sorry

Apologies don't exactly help repair the car

I see zero

Excuse me, but what are you...

Stop whining, I'll pay, damnit So how much?

Hello

Oh, Nanba, been a while

Forgot you worked here Still remember what to do?

What?

Hello, my name is Nanba...

I'd like to try out for...

Hello, Chunichi Dragons

Your... open try outs...

I'm sorry but we're no longer...

Really... I'm... the ultimate...

I trained with Babe Ruth for ten years,

did a thousand swings a day...

So I'd like to... try out...

I'm sorry, but we have no open tryouts scheduled at this time

No more... tryouts...?

I'm sorry...

You there! That's it, that's it...

Your swing's lookin' good

Mister?

Now ya just gotta do as ya please

That's the ultimate!

I just need to paint it, right? Just paint the damaged area?

Like I said, ma'am, painting cars Is quite different from normal painting

I can paint anything, man

Name's Ochiai

You keep saying no, what should I do? What if we do it and it looks perfect?

Ma'am!

Ma'am...

Where's the car?

It's at the factory for repairs

What the fuck!

Like I keep repeating, it's completely different from normal paint

Understand?

I'm not paying a cent

I'm not paying you a cent

(in broken Japanese) Money... Money...

Money... Money... give me...

Money... give me...

At last, the final championship game between the Dragons and Lions...

Hello?

Hello? It's me...

What? I'm at work

Sorry... um... you see...

What?

I'm... seeing someone

Look...

No, listen... Um, I'm...

leaving

He's still young... And besides...

he's macho

That's why...

Ugly bitch, what're you saying?

He said I'm not ugly!

You are ugly!

I hate you!

Come here a sec

Put Your hand here

What do you think?

Yes...

I thought so

Look, your daddy's rich, right? He's the goddamn mayor!

Don't tell me you got no money

So It's capital punishment for you, Ohba

Your pecker's going to every girl in class

Money... give me!

Is It you, Nanba?

What the...!

Just in, a convenience store robbery reported in West Tokorozawa...

Suspect is male, about 180cm tall, solidly built...

Struck the victim with a bat and fled with about 300,000 yen...

Just a minute! Wait wait wait!

Hold on!

Who're you?

Who're you?

I'm Ochiai

I was asked to paint a car today,

but that drunk, stacked chick forgot to pay me

She's your woman, huh?

Hey, look at that... How much you got there?

Wait, just hand that over And we'll call it even

You don't wanna see me pissed now, do you?

Wait! Whoa, whoa! Sorry, I was kidding!

Look, let's talk! Just put that thing down...

Put It down...

Good, this is your lucky day You can come help me, okay?

Then I'll let you go

Help you with what?

A hit

You're gonna help me with a hit job

Hey wait! I've got your chick! I'll kill her, goddammit!

Ow!

Fuck!

Wish I could've seen some guts from tou Thanks for everything

I'll shoot that bitch...

Why a bat, anyway?

Oh, I get it

Must be a baseball fan, huh?

Of course

Oh, my name's Ochiai... Like the Dragons manager, you know?

I'm thinking maybe I'm related to him or something

It's this gut feeling

They talk about his maverick style, but I've been painting for a while

Been a maverick longer than him...

Oh, that? It's my little girl

Now for the weather report...

Rain in Seoul, with an expected low of 2 �C and a high of 10 �C...

Cloudy in Beijing, with a low of 7 �C, high of 11 �C...

It's sunny in Hawaii...

Love to go to Hawaii with my daughter...

Hawaii...

The orange sky, it's beautiful

Hawaii... Must be hot!

Let's go

This one's deep! It's going, going, gone! Home run!

The Dragons add an insurance run to make it 7-4

Nagoya Dome is rocking from the loud ovation!

There she is!

- Shit! - Get her!

Get back here, bitch!

Just in from Tokorozawa...

A group of teens brawling in the South Industrial Housing Complex...

Um, Ms, Eiko...

Where is she?

So that was a lie...

Let's go

Unlike earlier, Ochiai's looking extremely concerned now...

after this unlikely comeback...

Come on, hurry

Hand over the money! Let's go!

Help, someone! Murderer!

Anyone here?

That hurts, dammit!

Give It to her!

Grab her!

C'mon do it!

Get her in the stomach!

Shit! Scram, hurry!

Die, bitch!

Loser

I'll shoot all you fuckers!

Hurry up, man! Just open up the register!

Come on, what's your problem?

What the...

Hey, you, come on! Bust his skull open!

Just but his skull open! Hurry up!

What're you running away for? You punk!

I'll drill a hole in you!

Fuck...

Another report, a fire at the same convenience store as earlier...

Teens fled the scene of scuffling...

Second fire reported at the Yamaguchi residence near the earlier fire...

Arson suspected Requesting immediate response

Just in, report of an attempted robbery in Tokorozawa...

Location is a gas station near highway 463...

Suspects are two males, including one holding a bat currently fleeing...

Ten years?

The ultimate swing?

You think you can beat me, huh?

Hooray! Hooray!

Hooray! Hooray!

Eiko

Now I'm penniless, dammit!

Heard you're swinging better, Banamba

You'll be starting soon

Eiko, we'll go to the beach...

And we'll light some fireworks

So bring our stuff

- Sure, but... - Just go!

What's gotten into you?

You want me to go?

Fine, I'll go

It's no fun playing alone

Hit just one and I'll let you go

Holy shit

Man, that was straight down the middle

Ishioka, what about your elbow?

I may be rotten but I'm still the ace

Impressive

It's the ultimate swing

Ultimate?

But one more strike and you're out, Banamba

I'm having the time of my life, man

I know

Now... stop... grinning!

Yes! That's a homer!

Banamba...

A stacked girlfriend, even? I'm jealous, man

Banamba

How was I?

Still an ace

Right?

Go, now

Damn, my elbow...

And those knockers!

Takehara Pistol

Masanobu Ando

Maki Sakai

Koji Wakamatsu

Susumu Terajima

Executive Prodecuers: Fumiaki Furuya - Ichiro Shirahama

Chief Producers: Satoshi Komatsu - Hiromi Aihara

Producers: Tomohiro Kobayashi - Toshiki Kimura

Producers: Yuji Ichihashi - Rie Nishioka

Associate Producers: Tetsuro Yamamori - Shigeaki Komatsu

Original story: Tomohiro Koizumi (AKITA PUBLISHING CO., LTD)

Screenplay by Takashi Ujita

Theme Song: "Naraba Tomoyo"

Music: AKAINU

Still Photographer: Itaru Hirama

Director of Photography: Kiyoaki Hashimoto

Directed by Kazuyoshi Kumakiri

Victor Entertainment, Inc.