Kano

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Kano

2014

3h 5m

7.0(38 votes)

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Overview

A Taiwanese high school baseball team travels to Japan in 1931 to compete in a national tournament.

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13 members

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永瀬正敏

Hyotaro Kondo

Acting

曹佑寧

Meisho Go (Akira)

Acting

大沢たかお

Yoichi Hatta

Acting

Yuma Okura

Hatsuo Ozato

Acting

Togo Igawa

Coach Sato

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坂井真紀

Kondo's wife

Acting

葉星辰

Ching

Acting

Rose Yu

Kazuko Kondo

Acting

Shibuya Tenma

Chiayi citizen representative

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黃騰浩

young doctor

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陳竹昇

farmer

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焦姣

Unknown Role

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Yukihiko Kageyama

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