Touch: Ace Without A Number On His Back (1986)

Original title

タッチ 背番号のないエース

Directed by

Gisaburō Sugii

Genre

animation, drama, romance

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 33m

Rating

5.3 of 10 from 3 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Tatsuya Uesugi is the twin brother of Kazuya, the star pitcher of the Meisei High School baseball team. Unsure of his own feelings about baseball, his neighbor, and his brother, Tatsuya joins the school's boxing club and quietly observes his brother's rise.

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