| Kano | |
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 Taiwan theatrical poster of Kano | |
| Directed by | Umin Boya |
| Written by | Wei Te-sheng Chen Jia-wei |
| Produced by | Wei Te-sheng Jimmy Huang |
| Starring | Masatoshi Nagase Yu-Ning Tsao Hsing-Chen Yeh Togo Igawa Maki Sakai Takao Osawa Tenma Shibuya Aoki Ken Rose Yu |
| Cinematography | Chin Ting-chang |
| Music by | Naoki Satō |
Production company | ARS Film Production |
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Running time | 180 minutes |
| Country | Taiwan |
| Languages | Taiwanese Hokkien Japanese Hakka language Formosan |
| Budget | NT250 million |
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, Hyōgo Prefecture). Performing beyond all expectations, the underdog team advanced to the championship game in the tournament.[1][2]
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.
