#HandballStrive (2020)
The school’s handball club is about to close down. Can social media bring it back to life? Masao Kiyota is a high school student living in Japan’s southern Kumamoto Prefecture. Lacking passion for anything in life, he spends his days like so many youth on his smartphone along with his childhood friend, Okamoto. One day, they upload a photo taken three years previously when they were both part of their school’s handball team. To their surprise, the post goes a little viral. Encouraged, they add the hashtag: “#Handball Full Power” and are swarmed with “likes” from around the country. Amidst the sudden social media attention, Masao and Okamoto set to resuscitating a nearly defunct men’s handball team.
Director:
Daigo Matsui
Writers:
Dai Sato, Daigo Matsui.
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Seishirou Katou as Masao Kiyota |
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Kotaro Daigo as Okamoto |
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Aju Makita as Kurosawa |
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Haruka Imou as Nanao |
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Ryota Bando as Kurahisa |
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Fuku Suzuki as Jiro |
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Atsushi Shinohara as Yoshimuta |
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Shouma Kai as Taichi |
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Miku Tanaka as Hashimu |
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Taiga Nakano as Aniue |
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Mirai Shida as Teruteru |
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Yumi Adachi as Ichikawa |
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Eri Fuse as Yumiko |
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Tomorowo Taguchi as Masashi |
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Himi Sato as Shimada |
| Editing | Ryuichi Takita | Editor |
| Writing | Dai Sato | Screenplay |
| Sound | Yuta Mori | Music |
| Production | Junko Nagasaka | Producer |
| Production | Masayoshi Jônai | Producer |
| Production | Takahiro Yoshizawa | Producer |
| Writing | Daigo Matsui | Screenplay |
| Crew | Kazuhiro Taniguchi | Cinematography |
| Production | Kazuto Takida | Producer |
| Production | Shunsuke Koga | Producer |
| Directing | Takashi Matsuo | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Daigo Matsui | Director |
| Art | Yoshito Endo | Production Design |
| Production | KURATA Daisuke | Executive Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ayano Tachibana | Costumer |
| Sound | Hiroyuki Saijô | Sound Recordist |
