Tatsuya Uesugi is the twin brother of Kazuya, pitcher of the Meisei High School baseball team. Irresolute about his feelings towards baseball, his next door neighbor, and his brother; Tatsuya ends up joining his school's boxing club. From the sidelines, he quietly watches the ascension of Kazuya.
Direction
Sugii's restrained framing lets silence scream.
Acting
Mitsuya's voice work aches with everything unsaid.
Score
80s synth ballads that somehow make you cry.
Director
Gisaburō Sugii
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This film adapts only the first 26 chapters of Adachi's 101-chapter manga, ending on an ambiguous note the anime series later continued.
Touch dominated 1980s Japan—its theme song became a wedding staple despite the story's heartbreak, proving the country loves emotional masochism.
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