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Kano (film)
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Wikipedia article
'Kano' is a 2014 Taiwanese baseball period film directed by Umin Boya and produced by Jimmy Huang and Wei Te-sheng, based on a true story depicting the multiracial Kano baseball team from Japanese-era Taiwan, overcoming extreme odds to represent the island in the 1931 Japanese High School Baseball Championship at Koshien Stadium (located in Nishinomiya, Hygo Prefecture). Performing beyond all expectations, the underdog team advanced to the championship game in the tournament.[http://tw.movie.yahoo.com/movieinfo_main.html/id=4783 Kano]. Yahoo Taiwan. Retrieved 30 January 2014.[http://focustaiwan.tw/news/aedu/201402240034.aspx Japanese actors happy to appear in Taiwan baseball film 'Kano']
The film stars Masatoshi Nagase as Hyotaro Kondo, who coaches an underdog multi-ethnic high school team comprising Taiwanese aborigines, Han Taiwanese and Japanese players. The team's star pitcher, Meisho "Akira" Go, is played by Yu-Ning Tsao, who won a Best Supporting Actor award at the 2014 Taipei Film Festival for his performance in the film.
The film also won Audience Awards from the Golden Horse Film Festival (where it also won a FIPRESCI Prize), the Taipei Film Festival and the Osaka Asian Film Festival. 'Kano' is also the 6th highest grossing domestic Taiwanese film of all time.
Music
Theme song
Taiwan version (Japanese + Mandarin): [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0rgcWyuQbY /] Brave Romance[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHtbaq_bmEM 2014 Fun](Tainan New Year's Eve) 2014-01-02.:Composer: Rake / Lyrics: Rake, Yan Yunnong
:Singer: Van Fan/Fan Yi-chen, Kousuke Atari, Luo Meiling, Suming Rupi/Sh M n, Rake
HK version: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOZP9MHX0WU ] Brave Romance (Cantonese)[http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XNjc4OTIwNDA0.html ] 2014-02-27[http://mojim.com/twy105054x17x1.htm () ] The braver romance(Cantonese Lyrics)
:Composer: Rake / Lyrics: / Supervisor: Schumann@Zoo Music / Arrange: Schumann@Zoo Music
:Singer: Jason Chan/Chan Pak Yu, VnP
Taiwan version (Chinese): [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqnHujKcEpk ()] Brave Romance (Chinese)[https://www.kkbox.com/hk/tc/song/s9-Pm1ZSYXZ3n5Lj3n5Lj0PL-index.html ()]
:Composer: Rake / Lyrics: Rake, Yan Yunnong
:Singer: Luo Meiling (Irene Luo), Umin Boya, Wei Te-sheng, KANO staff (Yan Yunnong, Xie Jun Jie, Xie Jun-Cheng, Zhong Yan-Cheng, Zhang Hong Yi, Chen Jing-Hung, Zhou Jun Hao, Zheng Bing Hong, Sun Ruei, Ye Xing Chen)
:Director: Li Su Qing
Japan version (Japanese + English): [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhEpBU-Aft0 /Rake feat.] Brave Romance[http://kashinavi.com/song_view.html?83293 Rake feat.]
:Composer: Rake / Lyrics: Rake
:Singer: Rake, Kousuke Atari
Accolades
Adaptations
A 3-volume comic series and a novel based on the movie were published by Yuan-Liou Publishing Co., Ltd.[http://www.nownews.com/n/2014/02/10/1113958 7KANO][http://www.ylib.com/set_cont.aspx?BookNo=2Q-Z KANO++(5)]
References
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