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The Last Game: Waseda vs. Keio (2008)

The Last Game: Waseda vs. Keio poster
Original title
ラストゲーム 最後の早慶戦
Directed by
Seijirō Kōyama
Genre
teen film
Country
Japan
Runtime
1h 36m
Rating
5.0 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

During World War II, baseball is banned in Japan as an enemy sport. The president of Keio University wants to let students play one last game before they are sent to war, so he asks the advisor of Waseda University's baseball team to arrange a final match between the two schools. The film follows young men who pour their youth into baseball while being swept up by the war.

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What happens

『ラストゲーム 最後の早慶戦』(ラストゲーム さいごのそうけいせん)は、日本で2008年8月に公開された映画。 アメリカ合衆国との戦争のさなか、野球は敵国のスポーツであるとされ、東京六大学野球は解散に追い込まれた。 学生への徴兵猶予もなくなり、戦争への参加が余儀なくされる中、慶應義塾塾長、小泉信三は、「学徒出陣を前に最後にもう一度、学生に野球の試合をさせてやりたい」と考えて、早稲田大学野球部顧問の飛田穂洲に、最後の早慶戦を申し込むのであった……。 戦争に振り回されながらも、野球に青春をかけた若者たちを描く。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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