1956 | Japan | Fiction

Anata kaimasu (I Will Buy You)

  • Japanese 112 mins
  • Director | Masaki Kobayashi
  • Writer | Zenzo Matsuyama
  • Producer | Masaharu Kokaji

STATUS: Released

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Masaki Kobayashi’s pitiless take on Japan’s professional baseball industry is unlike any other sports film ever made. A condemnation of the inhumanity bred by a mercenary, bribery-fueled business, it follows the sharklike maneuvers of a scout dead set on signing a promising player to the team the Toyo Flowers.

Corruption Sports Ambition Exploitation Pressure
Film Organizations
The Criterion Collection
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