Battlefield Baseball (2003)
- Original title
- 地獄甲子園
- Directed by
- Yūdai Yamaguchi
- Genre
- comedy film, comedy horror, musical film, zombie film
- Country
- Japan
- Runtime
- 1h 27m
- Rating
- 5.5 of 10 from 43 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A high school baseball team faces rival players who seem undead and violently aggressive. The film mixes martial arts fights with bloody sports action and bizarre comedy.
chaoticover-the-topviolentabsurdcampyenergeticgoryunpredictable
What happens
Battlefield Baseball (Japanese: 地獄甲子園, Hepburn: Jigoku Kōshien; lit. "Hell Kōshien") is a 2003 Japanese film directed by Yūdai Yamaguchi. The film is written by Gatarō Man, based on his manga series of the same name, and stars Tak Sakaguchi, Atsushi Itō, and Hideo Sakaki. It was produced by Ryuhei Kitamura. The film is a combination of several genres, mixing martial arts action with the clichés of the sports film—particularly skewering baseball, one of Japan's most popular high school sports—and the violence and brutality of a horror film. The film's bizarre—sometimes almost incoherent—plot, blood and gore, and unique comedy have given it something of a "cult" popularity in the Western world. The film was released on Region 1 DVD by Subversive Cinema. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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