Koshien: Japan’s Field of Dreams

7.4

Beyond the sweat and tears of Japan's 100th high school baseball tournament, a national obsession at the center of its struggle to raise the next generation of successful adults. This documentary accompanies two high…

Sonny Chiba

Chiba Shinichi, also known as Sonny Chiba, was a Japanese actor, singer, film producer, film director, and martial artist. Chiba was one of the first actors to achieve stardom through his skills in martial arts, initially in Japan and later before an international audience. Born Maeda Sadaho in Fukuoka,…

The Man Who Changed Okinawa

6.1

Teacher Hiroyoshi Sai transfers to Ryukyu Fisheries High School and takes on the role of manager for the struggling baseball team, determined to lead them to victory at the National High School Baseball Championship…

Emoto Akira

Akira Emoto is a Japanese actor from Chuo, Tokyo, Japan. In 1999, he won the Japanese Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in Dr. Akagi. He also won the award for the best supporting actor at the 7th Hochi Film Award for Dotonbori River and Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san. His wife is the…

Omi Toshinori

Toshinori Omi is a Japanese actor.

Photo Koshien Summer in 0.5 Seconds

7.1

"National High School Photography Championship Tournament", also known as "Shashin Koshien", is an event held annually in Higashikawa, Hokkaido, Japan's town of photography. Every summer, Shashin Koshien decides which…

Koshien to Oba to Bakudan Nabe

A drama depicting Okinawa's enthusiasm about Koshien, the national high school baseball championship. In 1990, a local high school team advanced to the final of the summer tournament for the first time from Okinawa.…

Again

7.4

Mie’s father died during the aftermath of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. One day, she finds a bundle of unsent New Year’s cards, which languished there for 28 years. To find out why the cards were never…

Shodo Girls

7.5

A young high school girl leads her school's calligraphy club as they prepapre to compete in the "Shodo Girls Koshien" - a performance calligraphy event involving teams drawing on 10m x 12m sheets of paper while performing…

Battlefield Baseball

6.3

The movie is set in an alterate timeline in which sporting events have become a battle for survival. When Yakyu Jubei, the new kid at school joins Seido’s baseball team they finally feel like they can win. Unfortunately…

Drucker in the Dug-Out

7.0

Maeda Atsuko of the pop idol group AKB48 stars as Kawashima Minami, a girl who becomes the manager of a high school baseball team for her best friend who has fallen ill. Looking for guidance, she goes to the book store…

Mitsushima Hikari

Mitsushima Hikari is a Japanese actress, singer and model, born in Okinawa, Japan. She debuted as a singer and as an actress in 1997 in the movie "Mothra 2: The Undersea Battle". In 2009, she showed her talent as one of the main characters in "Love Exposure", earning her attention and three awards,…

Nakata Seina

Nakata Seina is a Japanese actress born in Kobe, Japan.

Trade

Kotaro Hirota was a star of Koshien - baseball team, more than ten years ago. Now, he's a divorcee and a shadow of himself. After a transfer to the new team, it is quickly revealed that Hirota is put into the main…

Kanayama Kazuhiko

Kazuhiko Kanayama was born on August 16, 1967 in Osaka, Japan. He is an actor, known for Another Lonely Hitman (1995), Burai heiya (1995) and Kamen raidâ Kiba (2008). He was previously married to Miyoko Yoshimoto.

Nakamura Masatoshi

Nakamura Masatoshi is a Japanese actor. He is 183cm tall and was born in Miyagi, Japan. He has a wife and one daughter. The daughter is also an actress, her name is Nakamura Risa.

Umi to Sora to Ren to

In 2020, the summer Koshien tournament was canceled due to the corona disaster. However, their own tournaments were held all over the country, and the members of the baseball team practiced and played games with that…

Hagiwara Riku

Hagiwara Riku, born in Saitama Prefecture, is a Japanese actor who started as a child actor managed by Top Coat in 2013 after being under NEWS Entertainment School. He debuted as an actor in 2008 with the CM "LEGO Block". On January 20, 2022, he underwent emergency surgery after being diagnosed with…

Kaai Gamon

Kaai Gamon, born in Warabi, Saitama, is a Japanese actor and entertainer. His son, Ryuto, is also an actor who portrayed a young Takatora Kureshima in Gaim Gaiden: Kamen Rider Zangetsu. (Source: Wikipedia & Kamen Rider Wiki)

Onoe Matsunosuke

Onoe Matsunosuke was a Japanese actor. He was initially an actor with an itinerant kabuki troupe. In his autobiography, he claimed that he had made his stage debut as early as 1880, in a performance given by the Tamizo Onoe company. Fascinated by the stage, he left his home by the age of 14 to travel…