The Last Game (1979)

Original title

英霊たちの応援歌

Directed by

Kihachi Okamoto

Genre

teen film

Country

Japan

Runtime

2h 04m

Rating

9.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

In 1943, during the Pacific War, college baseball players from Waseda and Keio universities play a farewell game before being sent to fight. The film follows their last match and the emotions surrounding it.

earnestnostalgicsomberpatrioticsports-focusedhistoricalbittersweetrestrained

What happens

『英霊たちの応援歌 最後の早慶戦』（えいれいたちのおうえんか さいごのそうけいせん）は、1979年11月3日公開の日本映画。制作は東京12チャンネル、配給は東宝。岡本喜八監督。時間は124分。画面サイズはスタンダード、カラー。 太平洋戦争（大東亜戦争）中の1943年10月16日に行われた野球の出陣学徒壮行早慶戦（通称：最後の早慶戦）を描いた作品。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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