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JAPANESE FILM SHOWS

Roar of the Crowd


Saturday, 4th March 2006   Starting 16:30
When the Rain Lifts  /  遥かなる甲子園

Directed by OSAWA Yutaka (大澤　豊), 1990, 103min, Colour

Staff      
Director:
Script:
Photography:
Art Director:
Music:
Producer:
 
OSAWA Yutaka
KUNIHIRO Takeo
YAMAMOTO Shun
HOSOISHI Terumi
TANIGAWA Kensaku
NOZU Shuhei
HASHIGUCHI Kazunari










Cast         
Toshio :
HAYASHI Yasufumi
林　泰文

Toshio’s mother:
OGAWA Mayumi
小川　真由美

Shinjo, teacher:
MIURA Tomokazu
三浦　友和

Shigemori, teacher:
TANAKA Misako
田中　美佐子

The Principal:
UEKI Hitoshi
植木　等























SYNOPSIS:
In 1964, the German measles that swept fiercely through America hit Okinawa equally hard. Pregnant women who contracted the measles give birth to quite a number of babies with hearing impairments. Fifteen years later, a junior and senior high school, Kitashiro School, was built just for these children. One summer, Toshio, a junior goes to see the high school baseball championship in Koshien Stadium and experiences an incredible thrill. He is impressed and eagerly to play baseball. He asks his teacher, Shinjo if they could start a baseball team. The new team finally manages to participate in the All Japan High School Baseball League’s Okinawa Prefecture play-offs, everyone dreams of the championship.