KANO

Bad News Bears, but make it 1930s. An underdog baseball team from Taiwan unexpectedly earns a spot in Japan's national high school championship. Wei Te-sheng produced this crowd-pleaser, and its sentimentality is palpable.

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Umin Boya directed KANO in 2014. See Umin Boya's full filmography, where to start with Umin Boya, or where to go after you've seen everything by Umin Boya.

KANO was released in 2014 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 185 minutes.