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

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)

Trailer

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