Samurai Beyond Their Dreams: Becoming the Best in the World

Jun 2, 2023

2h 10m

★ 7.0

Overview

In December 2021, Hideki Kuriyama began devoting his days to one singular goal: hoisting the championship trophy at the 2023 World Baseball Classic. How did he mold his players into one of the best and strongest Samurai Japan teams in history? A close-up documentary that looks back on Samurai Japan's path to becoming world champions, along with valuable behind-the-scenes footage captured by the team's dedicated crew.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

J SPORTS

NPB Enterprise

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Cast

Narrator

Hitoshi Kubota

Self

Shohei Ohtani

Self

Yu Darvish

Self

Lars Nootbaar

Self

Hideki Kuriyama

Self

Koyo Aoyagi

Self

Suguru Iwazaki

Self

Rōki Sasaki

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