Captain: The Movie
1981, Japanese. Directed by Satoshi Dezaki.
You can do anything! A story of growth covered in sweat and mud of ordinary baseball boys!
Taniguchi was appointed captain of the weak Sumiya Junior High School baseball team, and with his natural fighting spirit, he helped the team grow to the point where they advanced to the regional qualifiers. This theatrical film version, released after the two TV specials, depicts the great progress of Sumiya Junior High School during the Taniguchi era.
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Japanese
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- Released
- 4 July 1981
- Original title
- キャプテン 劇場版
- Country
- Japan
- Written by
- Noboru Shiroyama, Akio Chiba
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Captain: The Movie runs 95 minutes (1h 35m).
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Captain: The Movie isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 4 July 1981. (Checked 12 November 2026.)
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Who directed Captain: The Movie?
Captain: The Movie (1981) was directed by Satoshi Dezaki and stars Mitsuo Iwata, Shūichirō Moriyama.