Kano
2014 · Movie · 185 min. · Taiwan
Under Japanese rule, an underdog high school baseball team from southern Taiwan defeats the heretofore superior northern teams and wins a rare opportunity to represent the colony in the 1931 empire-wide tournament. Comprised of Japanese, Han Chinese, and native Taiwanese players, "Kanô," the Kagi Nourin School team, must integrate the ethnically mixed roster and make the best of its unique strengths to not just survive but thrive in the elite league.
Direction Ma Chih-Hsiang
Cast Togo Igawa · Takao Osawa · Masatoshi Nagase · Lisa Chiao · Maki Sakai · Tender Huang
Soundtrack Naoki Sato
Screenplay Ruby Chen · Wei Te-sheng
Cinematography Chin Ting-Chang
Original title Kano
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Not rated (FilmAffinity)
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