Kano (2014)

Original title

KANO

Directed by

Umin Boya

Genre

sport film

Country

People's Republic of China

Runtime

3h 05m

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 38 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In 1930s Taiwan, a Japanese coach trains a multiethnic high school baseball team of Taiwanese aborigines, Han Taiwanese, and Japanese players. The underdogs defy expectations and advance to Japan's national championship tournament.

underdogupliftingdeterminedteam-spiritedinspirationalheartfeltperiod-piece

What happens

Kano is a 2014 Taiwanese baseball period film directed by Umin Boya and produced by Jimmy Huang and Wei Te-sheng. It is based on a true story depicting the multiethnic Kano baseball team from Japanese-era Taiwan, overcoming extreme odds to represent the island in the 1931 Japanese High School Baseball Championship at Koshien Stadium (located in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture). Performing beyond all expectations, the underdog team advanced to the championship game in the tournament. The film stars Masatoshi Nagase as Hyotaro Kondo, who coaches an underdog multi-ethnic high school team comprising Taiwanese aborigines, Han Taiwanese and Japanese players. The team's star pitcher, Meisho "Akira" Go, is played by Tsao Yu-ning, who won a Best Supporting Actor award at the 2014 Taipei Film Festival for his performance in the film. The film also won Audience Awards from the Golden Horse Film Festival (where it also won a FIPRESCI Prize), the Taipei Film Festival and the Osaka Asian Film Festival. Kano is the 6th highest grossing domestic Taiwanese film of all time. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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