# Feel the Wind (2009)

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**Original title**: *風が強く吹いている*
**Runtime**: 133 min
**Genres**: Drama
**Directed by**: Sumio Ōmori
**Written by**: Sumio Ōmori
**Starring**: Keisuke Koide, Kento Hayashi, Yuichi Nakamura, Yôsuke Kawamura, Jun Hashimoto, Ren Mori

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

The Karate Kid meets Chariots of Fire without the melodrama.  
A washed-up runner and a disgraced rival rebuild their lives by forming a ragtag relay team for Japan’s grueling Hakone Ekiden.  
Ten misfits, one shot at the podium – 2009’s answer to underdog grit with zero nostalgia padding.

**Mood tags**: bittersweet, tender, uplifting

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