Nagumo Shuji played baseball for a long time. His life revolved around baseball, but while he played for his university baseball team, he was injured. Due to his injury, Nagumo Shuji quit baseball and dropped out of school. He then worked as a sports trainer, but he made the decision to pursue his dream of becoming a teacher. At the age of 32, he enrolled at a university again and studied to become a teacher. Now, Nagumo Shuji works as a social studies teacher at Etsuzan High School in Mie Prefecture. He is married to Mika, and they live with Mika's father and their two children. Their two children are Aozora, who is from Mika's previous relationship, and their daughter Nagisa. Meanwhile, there is a baseball team at Etsuzan High School, but they have not had many winning seasons. Inuzuka Mikio is a rich man from a prestigious family. His grandson enters Etsuzan High School, and his goal is to play baseball professionally in the United States. For his grandson, Inuzuka Mikio supports the high school baseball team, and Nagumo Shuji becomes an advisor for the team. (Source: AsianWiki) Edit Translation
- English
- Español
- Português (Brasil)
- 한국어
- Native Title: 下剋上球児
- Also Known As: Worst to First: A Teen Baseball Miracle , Gekokujou Kyuuji , げこくじょうきゅうじ
- Director: Tsukahara Ayuko
- Screenwriter: Okudera Satoko
- Genres: Life, Drama, Family, Sports
Cast & Credits
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![Suzuki Ryohei in Gekokujo Kyuji Japanese Drama (2023)]( "Suzuki Ryohei in Gekokujo Kyuji Japanese Drama (2023)")
Suzuki RyoheiNagumo ShujiMain Role -
![Kuroki Haru in Gekokujo Kyuji Japanese Drama (2023)]( "Kuroki Haru in Gekokujo Kyuji Japanese Drama (2023)")
Kuroki HaruYamazumi KanakoSupport Role -
![Igawa Haruka in Gekokujo Kyuji Japanese Drama (2023)]( "Igawa Haruka in Gekokujo Kyuji Japanese Drama (2023)")
Igawa HarukaNagumo MikaSupport Role -
![Nakazawa Motoki in Gekokujo Kyuji Japanese Drama (2023)]( "Nakazawa Motoki in Gekokujo Kyuji Japanese Drama (2023)")
Nakazawa MotokiInuzuka ShoSupport Role -
![Hyodo Katsumi in Gekokujo Kyuji Japanese Drama (2023)]( "Hyodo Katsumi in Gekokujo Kyuji Japanese Drama (2023)")
Hyodo KatsumiNemuro ChihiroSupport Role -
![Kobayashi Toranosuke in Gekokujo Kyuji Japanese Drama (2023)]( "Kobayashi Toranosuke in Gekokujo Kyuji Japanese Drama (2023)")
Kobayashi ToranosukeHioki SomaSupport Role
Reviews
"Supokon" at its best!!!
As I've already confessed in a previous review, my favorite sport is baseball.Of all different sorts of baseball, Japanese "yakyuu" is my favorite (in a nutshell: no doping - or at least much much less than in the MLB; less muscles and more brains; nobody munching tobacco and spitting it on the field, etc. etc.).
And of all different types of Japanese "yakyuu", my favorite is precisely high school baseball.
Why? Because it's poetic, pure, epic...it's Sport with a capital "s", sport as it *should* be.
Now, the Japanese have a whole genre dedicated to sports-related stories, called "supokon", and since baseball is (one of) the national sport(s), you can guess that the vast majority of "supokon" are about baseball, and particularly about high school baseball, 'cause Japanese *love* it and the Koushien's final game is basically the Japanese equivalent of the Superbowl in the States!
So does all that mean that there's nothing really new in this story? Could be, yeah.
Does that make it any less fabulous? Hell no!
A good recipe doesn't necessarily need any fancy ingredients to make for a delicious dish; more often than not, it's precisely the simple, good old ones that are the best of the lot!
As is the case with this "Gekokujo Kyuji": all the tropes of the genre are there, but still, you can't help but enjoying *every single minute* of it! Marvelously written, acted, directed. Production value reached Himalayan heights. The message conveyed was simply beautiful.
Jeez, I finished watching it before Christmas, but I'm still getting goosebumps thinking about it now, so good it was!!! ^______^;;;
Highly and wholeheartedly recommended! Perfect 10 all the way!!!
What a heartwarming sport story!
I always love sports series and movies, especially when it comes from Japan. They always manage to make the watcher loves the sport after watching it.For me, Gekokujo Kyuji was like a comfort series that I can watch it anytime and won't get bored of it. I can feel their friendship, teamwork, and support to each other. I feel touched by how Manager Nagumo and Yamazumi-Sensei taking care of the baseball team despite their own problems, especially Manager Nagumo who's struggling with his own life.
I can see and feel proud too when I saw their characters development. Their personality and struggle was relateable since I'm currently in highschool too.
It was really worth to watch and will make you feel touched with the story!
