Kyojin Gun Monogatari Susume!! Eiko e

[Machine Translation] [Toho DVD Masterpiece Selection] Shigeo Nagashima, Sadaharu Oh, Isao Haramoto's OH gun, and other famous players of the past all appear in this film! The film depicts the anguish and growth of the rookie players along with the Yomiuri Giants' dramatic road to victory in 1976! --Takasugi, Kiyokawa, and Hayashi join the glorious Giants with their hearts full of hope. The road to professional baseball was tough for the new players. Kiyokawa was branded a disqualified pitcher early on, and Takasugi injured his right arm in a car accident. However, the players found great hope again as they were told about Oh's conversion to batting and the development of the one-legged batting method, Zhang's path to glory after overcoming his injury, and Nagashima's episode in the mountains.... However, some of the second-unit players were not under contract and left the team. The players, seeing this, renewed their fighting spirit and continued to practice on the field today.... This film depicts the struggles and growth of three fictional rookie players as they follow the turbulent 1976 season. Hiroshi Arakawa, the mentor of Oh, who is trying to set a new world record for home runs, is the producer of the film and appears in it himself. Video extras include a trailer and still gallery.

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[東宝DVD名作セレクション] 長嶋茂雄監督、王貞治、張本勲のOH砲など往年の名選手が総出演! 1976年の読売巨人軍の劇的優勝への道のりと共に新人選手の苦悩と成長を描く! ――希望を胸に膨らませて、栄光の巨人軍に入団した高杉・清河・林。新人選手にとってプロ野球の道は厳しかった。清河は早々に投手失格の烙印を押されてしまい、高杉は交通事故で右腕を負傷してしまうなど苦難が襲う。だが王選手の打者転向から一本足打法開眼まで、張本選手の怪我を克服しての栄光への道のり、長嶋監督の山籠もりでのエピソードなどを知らされるうちに選手達は再び大きな希望を見出していく・・・1976年、セリーグの覇権奪回に成功した巨人軍だが、2軍選手の中には契約外となり球団を去るものもいた。それを見た選手達はさらに新たな闘志を燃やし、今日もグランドで練習に励むのだった・・・。本作品は1976年の激動のシーズンを追いながら架空の3人の新人選手達の葛藤と成長を描いている。ホームラン世界新記録を狙う王選手の師匠・荒川博が製作者に名を連ね自ら出演、主演の新人選手の一人に頭師佳孝、巨人軍合宿所鬼寮長・武宮役に千秋実、その他、江原真二郎、下川辰平など名優達が脇を固めている。映像特典には、予告編、スチールギャラリーを収録。