Sea Without Exit

(2006)

★ 5.9 IMDb · 6 votes

Genres: War

Year: 2006

Runtime: 121 мин

Country: Japan

Director: 佐々部清

Cast: 十三代目 市川團十郎, Юсукэ Исэя, 塩谷瞬, Тэруюки Кагава, 古手川祐子, 三浦友和, Мицунори Исаки, 柏原収史, 永島敏行, 上野樹里

Plot

Koji Namiki is a young pitcher who has shown great promise on the diamond by winning the National High School Baseball Championships. Shortly after entering college, however, Namiki's athletic career is called into question after he suffers a severe elbow injury. But despite a disheartening diagnosis, Namiki is determined to make a comeback. With a little help from his teammates it appears that he is getting back on track, too. Recently, he's even developed a new slow ball that he and his teammates have christened "the magic pitch". Fate can be a cruel mistress though, and when World War II breaks out Namiki the entire team join the navy and begin a training regiment specifically designed to prepare them for the ultimate darkness, an submarine attack method also known as "The Human Torpedo".