Enoken's Home Run King
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Postwar! Baseball! Comedy! Enoken plays a superfan of the Yomiuri Giants – the real Tokyo team, with many of its star players "acting" as themselves – who, despite his utter lack of athletic abilities, becomes embroiled in their successes, and their personal lives. Will Enoken help the Giants take the pennant?
Status: Released
Released Date: 1948-09-07
Runtime: 76 mins
Director: Kunio Watanabe
Spoken language:
Genres: Comedy
Original title: Enoken's Home Run King
Production Companies: Enoken Pro, Shintoho Company
Production Countries: Japan
Cast
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