Drucker in the Dug-Out

Drucker in the Dug-Out: A Japanese baseball girl meets Peter Drucker, or Moshidora for short, is a 2011 Japanese live-action film directed by Makoto Tanaka 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.

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Story

The movie is about Minami Kawashima, a high school girl who becomes the manager of her school's baseball team in place of her hospitalized friend, Yuki Miyata. 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 Peter Drucker, which she mistakenly bought.

Cast

Atsuko Maeda as Minami Kawashima, the team assistant
Koji Seto as Keiichirō Asano, the baseball team's ace pitcher
Minami Minegishi as Ayano Hōjō, the team's scorekeeper
Sosuke Ikematsu as Jirō Kashiwagi, the team's catcher
Haruna Kawaguchi as Yuki Miyata, Minami's childhood friend
Yo Oizumi as Makoto Kachi, the team's coach
Hiroshi Oizumi as the manager
Hiroki Suzuki as Masayoshi Nikai
Yukito Nishii as Yunosuke Sakurai

Filming

Development

Drucker in the Dug-Out was first announced on 13 December 2010, together with the main cast. The main character would be played by Atsuko Maeda in her first lead film role. Although the book was modeled on her fellow AKB48 member Minami Minegishi, Atsuko Maeda was chosen because she had more acting experience. Minami Minegishi will also star in the film as a supporting character.

Music

Drucker in the Dug-Out's theme song was announced to be the song "Everyday, Kachūsha", sung by idol group AKB48. The lyrics of this song was written by Yasushi Akimoto, and the music was composed by Yoshimasa Inoue.

Release

Box office

Drucker in the Dug-Out 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 US$2,232,675 in its debut weekend.

Soundtrack disc

The original soundtrack for the film Drucker in the Dug-Out was released on 1 June 2011 by Sony Music Entertainment Japan.

Merchandise

Official visual book

An official visual book of the Drucker in the Dug-Out film was released on 28 May 2011. It contains photographs of the making of the film.