Rookies the Movie: Graduation
2009, Japanese. Directed by Yuichiro Hirakawa.
Futakotamagawa High School had a Baseball Club, but because of a fight during one of their games, they were suspended for a year from all games. Composed of student delinquents, Futakotamagawa High's new Literature teacher Kawato Koichi inspires the Baseball Club to believe in a dream goal once again. For them, it is to play at the Koshien - Japan's National High School Baseball Championship. But, Kawato Koichi and the newly reformed baseball team run into plenty of obstacles along the way...
- Runtime
- 2h 17m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Japanese
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Cast & crew
- Yuichiro HirakawaDirector
- Ryuta SatoKoichi Kawato
- Hayato IchiharaKeiichi Aniya
- Keisuke KoideToru Mikoshiba
- Yu ShirotaKei Shinjo
- Akiyoshi NakaoShuta Sekikawa
- Sousuke TakaokaTomochika Wakana
- Kenta KiritaniTaira Hiratsuka
- Takeru SatohYuya Okada
- Shunji IgarashiTetsura Yufune
- Yôsuke KawamuraKiyooki Hiyama
- Hiroyuki OnoueShinobu Imaoka
- Yusuke YamamotoShoji Akahoshi
Details
- Released
- 30 May 2009
- Original title
- ROOKIES -卒業-
- Country
- Japan
- Written by
- Yoshihiro Izumi
- Box office
- $88M
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What Rookies the Movie: Graduation is based on
Rookies the Movie: Graduation is based on Rookies, a manga series by Masanori Morita, published by Jump Comics.
Manga series
Rookies
By Masanori Morita
Published by Jump Comics
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Rookies the Movie: Graduation runs 137 minutes (2h 17m).
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Rookies the Movie: Graduation isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 30 May 2009. (Checked 14 November 2026.)
What movies are like Rookies the Movie: Graduation?
If you liked Rookies the Movie: Graduation, try Haikyu!! the Movie: The End and the Beginning, Kids Return, The Kirishima Thing.
Who directed Rookies the Movie: Graduation?
Rookies the Movie: Graduation (2009) was directed by Yuichiro Hirakawa and stars Ryuta Sato, Hayato Ichihara, Keisuke Koide.
What is Rookies the Movie: Graduation based on?
Rookies the Movie: Graduation is based on Rookies, a manga series by Masanori Morita, published by Jump Comics.