Throwing the Soul Away

Directed by Satoshi Taguchi

With Ichirō Izawa, Hideo Nakamura, Otohiko Masakuni, Harue Wakahara and Setsuko Hara

The film centres around junior high school students. They are members of the school's baseball team. They are very good. Izawa's father asks him to stop playing prior to an important game. Hayasaki health deteriorates at this time and he becomes absent. The team decides to speak to Izawa's father to plead their case and ask for the return of their team member.