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The Vancouver Asahi

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The Vancouver Asahi
Poster
バンクーバーの朝日
Directed byYuya Ishii
Screenplay bySatoko Okudera
Produced byNaoto Inaba, Miyoshi Kikuchi
StarringSatoshi Tsumabuki
Kazuya Kamenashi
Ryō Katsuji
Yusuke Kamiji
Sosuke Ikematsu
Kōichi Satō
Edited byShinichi Fushima
Music byTakashi Watanabe
Distributed byToho
Release date
  • December 20, 2014 (2014-12-20)
Running time
133 minutes
CountriesJapan
Canada
LanguageJapanese
Box office¥882 million (Japan)

The Vancouver Asahi (バンクーバーの朝日, Bankūbā no Asahi) is a 2014 Japanese-Canadian coproduced baseball drama film directed by Yuya Ishii,[1] based on the true story of a Vancouver-based baseball team called the Vancouver Asahi which existed before the Second World War. It was released to Japanese theaters on December 20.[2]

Plot

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The film is set in Canada during the 1930s.[1]

Cast

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Reception

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The film has grossed ¥882 million at the Japanese box office.[3]

The film was screened at the 2014 Vancouver International Film Festival, where it won the People's Choice Award as the most popular film at the festival.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d Kevin Ma (December 24, 2014). "Yo-kai Watch breaks Toho record in Japan". Film Business Asia. Archived from the original on January 6, 2015. Retrieved December 24, 2014.
  2. ^ バンクーバーの朝日(2014). allcinema.net (in Japanese). Stingray. Retrieved December 24, 2014.
  3. ^ "Japan Box Office Report – 1/3~1/4". tokyohive. 6Theory Media, LLC. January 6, 2015. Retrieved January 8, 2015.
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