Drucker in the Dug-Out

Drucker in the Dug-Out

Drucker in the Dug-Out

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Drucker in the Dug-Out

2011

2h 5m

6.5(4 votes)

Comedy

Drama

Overview

The movie is about Minami Kawashima, a high school girl who becomes the manager of her school's baseball team in place of her hospitalized friend, Yuki Miyata. She tries to lead the team to the National High School Baseball Championship by learning strategies from the business book Management: Tasks, Responsibilities, Practices by Peter Drucker, which she mistakenly bought.

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10 featured cast members

Starring

Atsuko Maeda

Atsuko Maeda

Minami Kawashima

Minami Minegishi

Minami Minegishi

Ayano Houjou

Koji Seto

Koji Seto

Keiichirou Asano

Sosuke Ikematsu

Sosuke Ikematsu

Jirou Kashiwagi

Haruna Kawaguchi

Haruna Kawaguchi

Yuki Miyata

Yo Oizumi

Yo Oizumi

Makoto Kachi

Hiroshi Oizumi

Manager

Hiroki Suzuki

Hiroki Suzuki

Masayoshi Nikai

Yukito Nishii

Yukito Nishii

Yunosuke Sakurai

Jingi Irie

Jingi Irie

Hoshide Jun

Creative team

Directed by: Makoto Tanaka
Written by: Makoto Tanaka
Produced by: OHARA Mahito

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