The Vancouver Asahi

Overview

In pre-WWII Vancouver, second-generation Japanese immigrants had it tough. Daily, they faced discrimination, hatred and injustice at the hands of their Caucasian counterparts. But one thing made their lives worth living: baseball. They may be the underdogs, but the Vancouver Asahi baseball team have a sense of fair play and smart tactics that set them apart from the brute force of their opponents. Under the guidance of new team captain Reggie Kasahara, can they be able to rise above all the negativity to win the tournament? This film is based on the true story of Vancouver Asahi, the Japanese-Canadian baseball team that was inducted into The Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame in 2003.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

September 29, 2014

Original language

English

Spoken languages

Japanese, English

Countries

Canada, Japan

Production

TOHO,Fuji Television Network,Kansai Television,Film Makers,Fukui Television Broadcasting,Kumamoto Kenmin Televisions,Tokai Television Broadcasting,Ehime Broadcasting,Nagano Broadcasting System,Hokkaido Cultural Broadcasting,Iwate Menkoi Television,Sendai Television,Akita Television,Sakuranbo Television Broadcasting Corporation,Fukushima Television Broadcasting,Niigata Sogo Television,Toyama Television,Ishikawa Television Broadcasting,San-in Chuo Television Broadcasting,Okayama Broadcasting,Television Shin-Hiroshima System,Television Nishinippon Corporation,Saga Television Station,Television Nagasaki,Television Oita System,Miyazaki Telecasting,Okinawa Television Broadcasting,Kochi Sun Sun Broadcasting,Kagoshima Television Station

Cast

Satoshi Tsumabuki,Kazuya Kamenashi,Ryo Katsuji,Yusuke Kamiji,Sosuke Ikematsu,Mitsuki Takahata,Aoi Miyazaki,Shihori Kanjiya,Yusuke Santamaria,Ken Mitsuishiand 42 more

Director

Yuya Ishii

Writer

Satoko Okudera

Producer

Naoto Inaba,Miyoshi Kikuchi

Cinematography

Ryuto Kondo

Music

Takashi Watanabe

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

Homepage

Official site

IMDb

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