Rookies the Movie: Graduation
ROOKIES -卒業-
Synopsis
Futakotamagawa High School had a Baseball Club, but because of a fight during one of their games, they were suspended for a year from all games. Composed of student delinquents, Futakotamagawa High's new Literature teacher Kawato Koichi inspires the Baseball Club to believe in a dream goal once again. For them, it is to play at the Koshien - Japan's National High School Baseball Championship. But, Kawato Koichi and the newly reformed baseball team run into plenty of obstacles along the way...
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Ryuta Sato
Koichi Kawato
Hayato Ichihara
Keiichi Aniya
Keisuke Koide
Toru Mikoshiba
Yu Shirota
Kei Shinjo
Akiyoshi Nakao
Shuta Sekikawa
Sousuke Takaoka
Tomochika Wakana
Kenta Kiritani
Taira Hiratsuka
Takeru Satoh
Yuya Okada
Shunji Igarashi
Tetsura Yufune
Yôsuke Kawamura
Kiyooki Hiyama
Hiroyuki Onoue
Shinobu Imaoka
Yusuke Yamamoto
Shoji Akahoshi
Takuya Ishida
Taiyo Hamanaka
Haruka Ayase
Kyoko Mikoshiba
Eri Murakawa
Toko Yagi
Atsuro Watabe
Makoto Yoshida
Kohei Tanaka
Joji Kawakami
Hiroyuki Amano
Mitsuhide Kakefu
Financials & Box Office Performance
Production Budget
Undisclosed
Filming & production cost
Worldwide Gross
$88.1M
Total global ticket sales
Key Information & Fast Facts
- Director
- Yuichiro Hirakawa
- Screenplay & Story
- Yoshihiro Izumi, Masanori Morita
- Original Score
- Takefumi Haketa, Yu Takami
- Original Title
- ROOKIES -卒業-
- Country of Origin
- Japan
- Spoken Languages
- Japanese
- Runtime
- 2h 17m
- Worldwide Gross
- $88.1M
- Production Studios
- TBS, TOHO, Shueisha, Stardust Pictures, K-Factory, MBS, AMUSE, Horipro, Watanabe Entertainment, CBC, RKB Mainichi Broadcasting Corporation, Hokkaido Broadcasting, Yahoo! Japan
Creative Leadership & Key Crew
Yuichiro Hirakawa
Yoshihiro Izumi, Masanori Morita
Takefumi Haketa, Yu Takami
Shigetomo Madarame
Masahiro Ohno
Kazuya Hamana, Masato Akiyama, Nobuhiro Azuma, Yoshihiro Sato, Tsuru Masaaki
Department Leadership Roster
Shigetomo Madarame
Director of Photography
Yuichiro Hirakawa
Director
Masato Akiyama
Producer
Nobuhiro Azuma
Producer
Yoshihiro Sato
Producer
Tsuru Masaaki
Producer
Tamio Kobayashi
Production Design
Yoshihiro Izumi
Writer
Shutaro Nagata
Production Design
Masahiro Ohno
Editor
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Frequently Asked Questions About Rookies the Movie: Graduation
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What is Rookies the Movie: Graduation about?
Futakotamagawa High School had a Baseball Club, but because of a fight during one of their games, they were suspended for a year from all games. Composed of student delinquents, Futakotamagawa High's new Literature teacher Kawato Koichi inspires the Baseball Club to believe in a dream goal once again. For them, it is to play at the Koshien - Japan's National High School Baseball Championship. But, Kawato Koichi and the newly reformed baseball team run into plenty of obstacles along the way...
Who directed Rookies the Movie: Graduation?
Rookies the Movie: Graduation was directed by Yuichiro Hirakawa.
Who stars in Rookies the Movie: Graduation?
The principal cast of Rookies the Movie: Graduation includes Ryuta Sato, Hayato Ichihara, Keisuke Koide, Yu Shirota, Akiyoshi Nakao.
When was Rookies the Movie: Graduation released and how long is it?
Rookies the Movie: Graduation was released in 2009 with a total runtime of 2h 17m.
How much did Rookies the Movie: Graduation make at the box office?
Rookies the Movie: Graduation grossed $88.1M in worldwide ticket sales.
Who composed the musical score for Rookies the Movie: Graduation?
The original motion picture soundtrack for Rookies the Movie: Graduation was composed by Takefumi Haketa, Yu Takami.
Is Rookies the Movie: Graduation based on a book or true story?
Rookies the Movie: Graduation is adapted from the following source material: Comic Book: "Masanori Morita".