Enoken's Home Run King

Enoken's Home Run King

1948 · 76 min · Comedy

Postwar! Baseball! Comedy! Enoken plays a superfan of the Yomiuri Giants – the real Tokyo team, with many of its star players "acting" as themselves – who, despite his utter lack of athletic abilities, becomes embroiled in their successes, and their personal lives. Will Enoken help the Giants take the pennant?

Directed by Kunio Watanabe · Written by Matsuo Kishi

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