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I Will Buy You poster
JAPAN · 1956

I Will Buy You

Masaki Kobayashi
Japanese Golden Age contract post war japan baseball scout baseball baseball player
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Synopsis

A talent scout moves sharply, dead-set on signing a promising baseball player to The Toyko Flowers.

Year1956
CountryJapan
DirectorMasaki Kobayashi
MovementJapanese Golden Age
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