

I Will Buy You
1956-11-21 · 111 min · ★ 7.1
A talent scout moves sharply, dead-set on signing a promising baseball player to The Toyko Flowers.
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- Directors
- Masaki Kobayashi
- Production companies
- Shochiku
- Countries
- Japan
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Keiji SadaDaisuke Kishimoto
Keiko KishiFudeko Taniguchi
Minoru ŌkiGorô Kurita
Yūnosuke ItōIppei Tamaki
Mitsuko Mito
Eijirō TōnoOgushi
Kōji MitsuiTamekichi Kurita
Jun TataraYûsuke Shima
Tatsuya IshiguroTadasuke Rokkô
Fujio Suga
Takamaru SasakiShiraishi
Kyū SazankaTarô Furukawa
Hisao ToakeGôsuke Sakata
Akio IsonoSaburô Kurita
Junkichi OrimotoShirô Kurita
Tokue HanazawaEiji Kurita
Tokuji Kobayashi
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