Attack No. 1

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.

Director: Eiji Okabe, Fumio Kurokawa

Cast: Kurumi Kobato, Eiko Masuyama, Reiko Mutoh, Shūsei Nakamura, Sumie Sakai, Yoshiko Asai, Sachiko Chijimatsu, Haruko Kitahama

Audience-only score — full critic data not yet in the ReelXO vault.