Deadball

Deadball
Film poster for Deadball
Directed byYudai Yamaguchi
Written byKeita Tokaji
Produced byYoshinori Chiba
Shin Torisawa
StarringTak Sakaguchi
Mari Hoshino
Miho Ninagawa
Ryosei Tayama
CinematographyMasakazu Oka
Edited byZensuke Hori
Music byNobuhiko Morino
Production
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Release dates
  • July 15, 2011 (2011-07-15) (Fantasia Festival)

  • July 23, 2011 (2011-07-23) (Japan)
Running time
98 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

Deadball (デッドボール, Deddobōru) is a 2011 Japanese splatter comedy film directed by Yudai Yamaguchi. The film stars Tak Sakaguchi as Jubeh Yakyu, a seventeen-year-old who accidentally kills his father with his extra powerful baseball arm. Years later, he is a juvenile delinquent and is sent to a reform school after killing over 50 people within a week. To escape the school, Jubeh agrees to join the baseball team, even though he had sworn off the sport since his father's death.

The film premiered at the Fantasia Festival in 2011. Reception to the film has been more positive than the joint-directoral effort between Yamaguchi and Sakaguchi on their film Yakuza Weapon.