The Golden Trio of junior high school soccer players, Toshi, Kenji and Kazu, enroll at the new Kakegawa High School merely because they want to play with Kubo, the legendary player who learned his superb soccer techniques in Germany and who helped the Kakegawa team, which then consisted of freshmen only, win eight place in the all-Japan....
Acting
Takuya Kimura brooding intensely at a soccer ball.
Direction
Kazuki Ōmori brings Godzilla-scale drama to high school sports.
Costume
Questionably tight 90s athletic shorts as far as the eye can see.
Director
Kazuki Ōmori
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This film cashed in on Japan's 1990s soccer boom following the J.League's 1993 launch, when the sport suddenly dominated teen culture.
Director Kazuki Ōmori was fresh off multiple Godzilla films, explaining why this high school match feels oddly epic in scale.
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