A Taiwanese high school baseball team travels to Japan in 1931 to compete in a national tournament.
Social & External
Hyotaro Kondo
Meisho Go (Akira)
Yoichi Hatta
Hatsuo Ozato
Coach Sato
Kondo's wife
Ching
Kazuko Kondo
Chiayi citizen representative
young doctor
farmer
Unknown Role
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