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Transferring to Ryukyu Fisheries High School, teacher Hiroyoshi Sai is assigned manager of the school's baseball team that was on the verge of being abolished. Looking across the dilapidated baseball field, his sights are only focused on winning the National High School Baseball Championship at Koshien. Beginning with thorough ground maintenance, Sai puts the team members through relentless training. As students are grilled through his harsh training methods, Sai arouses antipathy from not only the team members but the teachers as well. Meanwhile, genius pitcher, Ota joins the Ryukyu Fisheries baseball team. Having endured harsh training, the team members begin to think that winning the Championship may not be a faraway dream. Going up against their rival school, Shuri Gakuen, Ota's injury, a revolt by team members... Overcoming numerous difficulties, Sai and the baseball team members ultimately become the ray of hope of Okinawa. (Source: 2016.oimf.jp) Edit Translation

  • English
  • magyar / magyar nyelv
  • עברית / עִבְרִית
  • dansk
  • Country: Japan
  • Type: Movie
  • Release Date: Apr 22, 2016
  • Duration: 2 hr. 1 min.
  • Score: 5.8 (scored by 4 users)
  • Ranked: #108679
  • Popularity: #99999
  • Content Rating: 15+ - Teens 15 or older

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  • Gori in The Man Who Changed Okinawa Japanese Movie (2016)
    Gori
    Sai Naohiro
    Main Role

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Aug 28, 2020
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Overall 6.0
Story 6.0
Acting/Cast 8.0
Music 6.0
Rewatch Value 6.0
They had me at "baseball" and "Okinawa". And indeed the baseball bits, as well as the Okinawan setting and the historical background which explains the main character's drive, are definitely interesting and worth watching. Too bad the afore-mentioned main character is such a despicable person (imagine Sergeant Hartman from "Apocalypse Now", only in a high school baseball club setting) that it was really impossible for me to actually root for him. The acting and directing are very good, the dialogues mostly well written, but there's way too much violence for my taste, and I just can't condone the "victory at all costs" message. Hence the low grade.

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  • Movie: The Man Who Changed Okinawa
  • Country: Japan
  • Release Date: Apr 22, 2016
  • Duration: 2 hr. 1 min.
  • Content Rating: 15+ - Teens 15 or older

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  • Score: 5.8 (scored by 4 users)
  • Ranked: #108679
  • Popularity: #99999
  • Watchers: 15

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