YMCA Baseball Team (2002)
- Original title
- YMCA 야구단
- Directed by
- Kim Hyun-seok
- Genre
- drama film, sport film
- Country
- South Korea
- Runtime
- 1h 44m
- Rated
- All
- Rating
- 6.3 of 10 from 15 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.
How it feels
Set in 1905 Korea as the country loses its sovereignty to Japan, a diverse group of locals form a baseball team at the YMCA. They find camaraderie and a sense of identity through playing America's favorite pastime.
historicalwhimsicalupbeatnostalgiccomedicteam-spiritedlightheartedpatriotic
What happens
YMCA Baseball Team (Korean: YMCA 야구단; RR: YMCA yagudan) is a 2002 South Korean comedy film written and directed by Kim Hyun-seok, starring Song Kang-ho and Kim Hye-soo. In 1905, there was a confluence of international events leading to the loss of Chosŏn Korean sovereignty, and by 1910, Japan formally annexed Korea outright. The Japanese, having already defeated Qing China (1895) and signed an alliance with the United Kingdom (1902), defeated Imperial Russia (1905), and came to an understanding with the United States (the Taft-Katsura Agreement of 1905) to respect each other's colonial "Spheres of Influence" in the Pacific. In these chaotic times, an eclectic group of Koreans find refuge in the quintessentially American pastime. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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