The Vancouver Asahi

Sep 29, 2014

2h 12m

★ 6.8

Winning is not about where you’re from—it’s about how well you play.

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.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Fuji Television Network

Ehime Broadcasting

Nagano Broadcasting System

TOHO

Film Makers

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

Fukui Television Broadcasting

Tokai Television Broadcasting

Kansai Television

San-in Chuo Television Broadcasting

Okayama Broadcasting

Television Shin-Hiroshima System

Kochi Sun Sun Broadcasting

Television Nishinippon Corporation

Saga Television Station

Television Nagasaki

Kumamoto Kenmin Televisions

Television Oita System

Miyazaki Telecasting

Kagoshima Television Station

Okinawa Television Broadcasting

The Vancouver Asahi Trailers

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Cast

Reji Kasahara

Satoshi Tsumabuki

Roi Naganishi

Kazuya Kamenashi

Kei Kitamoto

Ryo Katsuji

Tom Miyake

Yusuke Kamiji

Seiji Kasahara

Sosuke Ikematsu

Emmy Kasahara

Mitsuki Takahata

Tokoyo Sasaya

Aoi Miyazaki

Betty Miyake

Shihori Kanjiya

Torao Horiguchi

Yusuke Santamaria

Yasugoro Inoue

Ken Mitsuishi

Zenkichi Ebata

Ren Osugi

Tadaaki Matsuda

Tomorowo Taguchi

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The Vancouver Asahi

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