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Kano

Kano

20147.03h 5m

Overview

A Taiwanese high school baseball team travels to Japan in 1931 to compete in a national tournament.

Directed by Umin Boya
Written by Wei Te-sheng
Produced by Wei Te-sheng
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Top Cast

Masatoshi Nagase

Masatoshi Nagase

Hyotaro Kondo

Tsao Yu-ning

Tsao Yu-ning

Meisho Go (Akira)

Takao Osawa

Takao Osawa

Yoichi Hatta

Yuma Okura

Yuma Okura

Hatsuo Ozato

Togo Igawa

Togo Igawa

Coach Sato

Maki Sakai

Maki Sakai

Kondo's wife

Hsing-Chen Yeh

Hsing-Chen Yeh

Ching

Rose Yu

Rose Yu

Kazuko Kondo

Shibuya Tenma

Shibuya Tenma

Chiayi citizen representative

Tender Huang

Tender Huang

young doctor

Themes & Keywords

baseball

About Kano

Kano is a drama, history film released in 2014 exploring themes of baseball. Directed by Umin Boya, it stars Masatoshi Nagase, Tsao Yu-ning, Takao Osawa. A Taiwanese high school baseball team travels to Japan in 1931 to compete in a national tournament.

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