Full Swing

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Table of contents

1 Details 2 Synopsis 3 Cast 4 Production Credits 5 Episode Ratings 6 External Links

Details

• Title: フルスイング
• Title (English): Full Swing
• Format: Renzoku
• Genre: Human
• Episodes: 6
• Viewership ratings: 11.7 (Kanto)
• Broadcast network: NHK
• Broadcast period: 2008-Jan-19 to 2008-Feb-23
• Air time: Saturday 21:00 to 21:58
• Theme song: Ano Hana no Yoni by Natsukawa Rimi

Synopsis

A drama about a legendary batting coach who later becomes a high school teacher. Michihiro Takabayashi worked for seven professional baseball teams as a batting coach for 30 years and coached over 30 title holders. At the age of 58, he becomes a high school teacher and develops a good rapport with his students. However, he falls ill and dies of cancer before seeing off his first students' graduation. --NHK

Cast

• Takahashi Katsumi as Takabatake Michihiro
• Ito Ran
• Fukiishi Kazue
• Hagiwara Masato
• Tsukamoto Shinya
• Honda Hirotaro
• Kobayashi Katsuya
• Satomi Kotaro

Production Credits

• Original writing: Kadota Ryusho (門田隆将) Koshien e no Yuigon (nonfiction novel)
• Screenwriters: Morishita Nao (森下直), Seki Erika, Sawada Mikio (さわだみきお)
• Music: Okamoto Daisuke (おかもとだいすけ)

Episode Ratings

Episode	Kanto	Kansai	Nationwide
01	12.8	??.?	??.?
02	09.0	??.?	??.?
03	11.4	??.?	??.?
04	14.1	??.?	??.?
05	10.7	??.?	??.?
06	11.9	??.?	??.?
Average	11.7	??.?	??

Source: Video Research, Ltd. (http://www.videor.co.jp/)

External Links

• Official site (http://www.nhk.or.jp/dodra/fullswing/index.html)
• Japanese Wikipedia

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