Film

Aim for the Ace! The Movie

1979 · 1h 28m · Animation · Drama

IMDb

6.4

High school freshman Hiromi joins the tennis club because of her admiration for Ryuzaki. Ryuzaki is a senior, who's the best tennis player on the team and also nicknamed "Ochōfujin", ("Madame Butterfly"), because of her elegance on the tennis court. However, the new coach, Jin Munakata, wants the inexperienced Hiromi to play in a forthcoming tournament.

Makoto Kousaka

Hiromi Oka (voice)

Masako Ikeda

Reika Ryuuzaki (voice)

Kōji Nakata

Jin Munakata (voice)

Katsuji Mori

Takayuki Todou (voice)

Masako Sugaya

Maki Aikawa (voice)

Gorō Naya

Chairman Ryûzaki (voice)

Kazuko Yanaga

Ranko Midorikawa (voice)

Kazuyuki Sogabe

Takashi Chiba (voice)

Shinji Toyota

Yû Ozaki (voice)

Gara Takashima

(voice)

Kazue Komiya

Kyoko Otowa (voice)

Kyoko Aoi

(voice)

Seiko Nakano

(voice)

Hidetoshi Nakamura

(voice)

Akira Murayama

(voice)

Makiko Okamoto

(voice)

• Osamu DezakiDirector
• Keisuke FujikawaScreenplay
• Hirokata TakahashiDirector of Photography
• Koji MakainoOriginal Music Composer

Ace wo nerae - film - trailer

Release date

September 8, 1979

Status

Released

Original language

Japanese

Runtime

1h 28m

Rated

Mild

Genres

Animation, Drama

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