Japanese Drama - Full Swing

* 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
* Sano Kazuma
* Abe Ryohei
* Yazaki Hiroshi

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)

Tag : Japanese Drama, Japanese Television Show, JDrama, JDorama, J-Drama, Korean Drama, KDrama Episodes, Korean Shows, JDrama, and Japanese Movies, Korean Drama, Koream Movie, K-Drama, Mitsuru Adachi, Hiatari Ryoko!, TV Series