Attack No. 1 (1970)

Director: Eiji Okabe

Kozue is a high school girl and an enthusiastic volleyball player. Her dream is to play on the Japanese national volleyball team. Over the course of the series she makes it from the school district league up to the Japanese volleyball finals, step by step until the international volleyball championship. But the faster and higher Kozue climbs, the more she is confronted with the dark side of success: too-high expectations, self-conceit, and envy.

Cast

Kurumi Kobato

Eiko Masuyama

Reiko Mutoh

Shūsei Nakamura

Sumie Sakai

Yoshiko Asai

Sachiko Chijimatsu

Haruko Kitahama

Makoto Kôsaka

Yoshiko Matsuo