I Will Buy You (1956)

Original title

あなた買います

Directed by

Masaki Kobayashi

Genre

drama film, sport film

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 51m

Rating

7.1 of 10 from 16 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A talent scout tries to sign a promising young baseball player to a contract. He uses manipulation and pressure on the player and his family to get a deal done.

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What happens

I Will Buy You (Japanese: あなた買います, Hepburn: Anata kaimasu) is a 1956 Japanese drama film directed by Masaki Kobayashi and starring Keiji Sada and Yūnosuke Itō. It was written by Zenzō Matsuyama based on the novel by Minoru Ōno. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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