There Goes Our Hero: After the Ball Game(1980)

There Goes Our Hero: After the Ball Game is a 1980 Japanese sports film following Tabuchi-kun, a struggling baseball player for the Seibu Lions. As the 1979 season winds down, trade rumors swirl around the underperforming athlete, but he departs for overseas training in Arizona with renewed determination. His hopes are dampened when teammate Yasuda follows him abroad, and his troubles intensify once play resumes. Outmatched by Nippon Ham's promising rookie Kida, Tabuchi finds himself further sidelined. The film captures his personal setbacks as the Seibu Lions falter in the 1980 pennant race, blending sports drama with the pressures facing aging athletes in Japan's competitive baseball world.