KANO (2014)
A Taiwanese high school baseball team travels to Japan in 1931 to compete in a national tournament.
Casting
- Masatoshi Nagase — Hyotaro Kondo
- Tsao Yu-ning — Meisho Go (Akira)
- Takao Osawa — Yoichi Hatta
- Yuma Okura — Hatsuo Ozato
- Togo Igawa — Coach Sato
- Maki Sakai — Kondo's wife
- Yeh Hsing-chen — Ching
- Rose Yu — Kazuko Kondo
- Shibuya Tenma — Chiayi citizen representative
- Tender Huang — young doctor
- Bamboo Chen — farmer
- Lisa Chiao Chiao
Interesting facts
- Filmed in: Taiwan
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. Performing beyond all expectations, the underdog team advanced to the championship game in the tournament.
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