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.
2019 · 1h 34m · Documentary
Genres: Documentary
Baseball is life for the die-hard competitors in Koshien, Japan’s national high school baseball championship, whose alumni include US baseball stars Shohei Ohtani and former Yankee Hideki Matsui. As popular as America’s World Series, the stakes are beyond high in this single-elimination tournament.
Director: Ema Ryan Yamazaki
Music by: Jason Cummings
Cinematography: Michael Crommett
Editor: Ema Ryan Yamazaki