Peanuts (2006 film)

Peanuts (ピーナッツ) is a 2006 Japanese comedy baseball film written and directed by Teruyoshi Uchimura.

Peanuts
Directed by	Teruyoshi Uchimura
Written by	Teruyoshi Uchimura Shoichi Masiko
Produced by	Kei Haruna Haruna Yorokoshi
Starring	Teruyoshi Uchimura Masakazu Mimura
Cinematography	Sôhei Tanikawa
Edited by	Takuya Taguchi
Music by	Ryô Fukawa
Distributed by	Comstock
Release date	January 28, 2006 (2006-01-28)
Running time	115 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

Plot

Koichi Akiyoshi, the legendary third baseman in the former prestigious grass baseball team "Peanuts", will start to rebuild the Peanuts. They have become a weak team. Peanuts will fight against powerful teams, taking advantage of the redevelopment of the city where captain and Sagara live.

Cast

• Koichi Akiyoshi – 秋吉光一 (sportswriter): Teruyoshi Uchimura
• Kazuo Sagara – 相良和雄 (wine shop storekeeper): Masakazu Mimura (Summers)
• Masaki Fumino – 文野正樹 (man who runs from a debt collector): Kazuki Ōtake (Summers)
• Ittetsu Katsuta – 勝田一鉄 (small restaurant owner, former ace pitcher): Golgo Matsumoto (TIM)
• Noboru Akaiwa – 赤岩登 (slugger of a childcare provider): Red Yoshida (TIM)
• Ryoichi Miyamoto – 宮本良一 (record shop manager): Ryō Fukawa
• Miyuki Kusano – 草野みゆき (daughter of director of PEANUTS, Tsutomu Kusano): Megumi Sato
• Haruo Akiyama – 秋山ハルオ (the laundry's eldest son): Kazuki Iio (Zun)
• Natsuo Akiyama – 秋山ナツオ (the laundry's second son)：Tadahiro Aoki
• Akio Akiyama – 秋山アキオ (the laundry's third son)：Masataka Fijisige
• Tsutomu Kusano – 草野務 (chairperson in business and industry, director of PEANUTS): Bengal
• Mariko Sagara – 相良まりこ (wife of Kazuo Sagara): Hiroko Nakajima
• Siori Sagara – 相良しおり (daughter of Kazuo Sagara)： Nana Yamauchi
• Akane Akaiwa – 赤岩アカネ (wife of Noboru Akaiwa )：Kaoru Okunuki
• Toscania Katsuta – 勝田トスカーニャ (wife of Ittetsu Katsuta): Adeyto (Laura Windrath)
• Yuriko Miyajina – 宮島百合子 (lover of Koichi Akiyoshi): Sachiko Sakurai
• Kenji Osak – 大崎健二 (president of Towa new town development): Sugemitsu Ogi
• Takeshi Shibuya – 渋谷武志 (employee of Towa new town): Yūki Matsumura
• Mr. Tanaka – 田中 (supervisor of the NewTowns): Kō Takasugi
• Fujinoki – 藤ノ木 (NewTowns' pitcher): Manabu Hamada
• Sugimoto – 杉本 ( NewTowns' catcher): Yūsuke Kamiji
• Parents of Ryoichi Miyamoto – 宮本良一の両親: Real parents of Ryo Fukawa
• Baron chin – あご男爵 (a job-hopping part-timer): Teppei Arita (Cream Stew)
• Shūji Sonobe – 園部修二 (senior and charge editor of Akiyoshi): Masato Irie
• Miki – ミキ (former wife of Masaki Fumino): Tomoko Nakajima (Othello)
• Police officer – 警官: Taizō Harada (Neptune)
• Sports shop visitor – スポーツショップの客: Udo Suzuki (Kyaiin)
• Station employee – 駅員: Tetsurō Degawa
• Bar visitor – 飲み屋の客: Naoto Takenaka

Theme song

• No Plan performing "Kimi no naka no Shonen" (君の中の少年, A heart like a boy in you) from the album Last Plan.

See also

• Uchimura Produce

External links

• 『PEANUTS』Official site (Japanese)
• SibuyaQ-AX Official site (Japanese)