Two brothers, one girl, and a baseball field full of repressed feelings. What could go wrong?
Twin brothers, Tatsuya and Kazuya, grew up with their next door neighbor Minami like siblings. Minami's dream is that her school's baseball team will participate in the national Koshien High School Baseball Tournament. The twin brothers make a pact that they will take Minami to the tournament.
Acting
The Saito twins' chemistry makes the rivalry heartbreaking.
Cinematography
Golden-hour baseball fields that ache with possibility.
Director
Isshin Inudo
Masami Nagasawa
Minami Asakura
Shota Saito
Tatsuya Uesugi
Keita Saito
Kazuya Uesugi
Nozomi Ando
Sayuri Hyuga
Jun Fubuki
Haruko Uesugi
Seiji Fukushi
Akio Nitta
Hirotaro Honda
Eiji Tsugawa
Fumiyo Kohinata
Shingo Uesugi
Rikiya Kurokawa
Shohei Harada
Koh Takasugi
PE Teacher
Shin Takuma
Toshio Asakura
Yuu Tokui
Mr. Okamoto
Tetsu Watanabe
Head of Boxing Department
Hajime Yamazaki
Mr. Department Head
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Koshien isn't just a tournament—it's a national obsession that has launched Japanese baseball legends for over a century. Making it there is basically adolescence's last stand.
Masami Nagasawa was only 17 during filming and had to balance this with high school exams. Her exhaustion in those late innings? Method acting by accident.
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