Full Swing (2008 TV series) explained

Country:	Japan
Language:	Japanese
Num Episodes:	6
Channel:	NHK

is a 2008 Japanese television series.^[1] It is based on the biography of Michihiro Takabatake, a professional baseball player and coach who became a high-school teacher at the age of 59.^[2]

Cast

• Katsumi Takahashi as Michihiro Takabayashi
• Ran Itō as Michiko Takabayashi
• Shohei Kawaguchi as Kōhei Takabayashi
• Katsuya Kobayashi as Kazuma Aragaki
• Kōtarō Satomi as Seiichirō Tendō
• Masato Hagiwara as Ikkyū Abe
• Kazue Fukiishi as Aya Tokitō
• Shinya Tsukamoto as Saburō Ōta

Awards

• Hoso Bunka Foundation Award (Episodes 1 and 4)

Notes and References

1. Web site: http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=329747 . ja:フルスイング (2008) . 2010-12-14. Japanese. Allcinema.net.
2. Web site: NHK Wins Grand Prix and Other Honors at Hoso Bunka Foundation Awards.. 2011-07-24. NHK. https://web.archive.org/web/20121021141626/http://www.nhk.or.jp/awards/english/award/06e_080613.html. 2012-10-21. dead.