Koshien: Japan's Field of Dreams

Cast: Tetsuya Mizutani, Hiroshi Sasaki, Shohei Ohtani, Yusei Kikuchi

Beyond the sweat and tears of Japan's 100th high school baseball tournament, a national obsession at the center of its struggle to raise the next generation of successful adults. This documentary accompanies two high school baseball teams on their way to the legendary Koshien tournament. Her focus is on the coaches, who try to improve the athletic skills of their players while also instilling moral values in them. Thus, the sport exemplifies the tensions between tradition and modernity in Japanese society. (Source: NipponConnection)

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