, or for short, is a 2011 Japanese

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film directed by

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which was released in Japanese cinemas on 4 June 2011. It is based on the bestselling book of the same name and followed a preceding anime series also of the same name.

Story

The movie is about Minami Kawashima (played by

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), a high school girl who becomes the manager of her school's baseball team in place of her hospitalized friend, Yuki Miyata (

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). 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

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, which she mistakenly bought.

Cast

as , the team assistant *

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as , the baseball team's ace pitcher *

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as , the team's scorekeeper *

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as , the team's catcher *

as , Minami's childhood friend *

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as , the team's coach * Hiroshi Oizumi as the manager * Hiroki Suzuki as Masayoshi Nikai * Yukito Nishii as Yunosuke Sakurai

Filming

Development

''Moshidora'' was first announced on 13 December 2010, together with the main cast. The main character would be played by

in her first lead film role. Although the book was modeled on her fellow

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member

was chosen because she had more acting experience. Minami Minegishi will also star in the film as a supporting character.

Music

''Moshidoras theme song was announced to be the song " Everyday, Kachūsha", sung by idol group

. The lyrics of this song was written by

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, and the music was composed by

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Release

Box office

''Moshidora'' was first released in Japanese cinemas on 4 June 2011. It debuted in the 4th position at the Japanese box office with a total gross of

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2,232,675 in its debut weekend.

Soundtrack disc

The original soundtrack for the film ''Moshidora'' was released on 1 June 2011 by

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Merchandise

Official visual book

An official visual book of the ''Moshidora'' film was released on 28 May 2011. It contains photographs of the making of the film.

References

External links

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