17 Sep 1999
For Love of the Game
A baseball legend almost finished with his distinguished career at the age of forty has one last chance to prove who he is, what he is capable of, and win the heart of the woman he has loved for the past four years.
Nozomi Witches
Nozomi is a former actress who moves back to Japan from New Zealand. Upon arriving, she meets her fellow high school student neighbor Ryotaro Shiba, who decides to join the high school boxing club. Adapted from Toshio's Nobe manga, with the same title.
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藤谷美紀 Nozomi
宮下直紀 Ryotaro
赤塚真人 English Teacher
細川直美 
片桐はいり 
宍戸錠 Ryotaro's father
由紀さおり Ryotaro's mother
常田富士男 Raionesu Asuka Aiko Shiozaki 
千野弘美 直江喜一 Noriko Ichikawa Kengo Fukuda 
山口祥行
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