Kano is a 2014 Taiwanese baseball period film directed by Umin Boya and produced by Jimmy Huang and Wei Te-sheng. It is 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 ...

The Kano baseball team (Japanese: 嘉農野球部, Hepburn: Kanō yakyūbu), officially the Kagi Agricultural and Forestry School baseball team (嘉義農林學校野球部, Kagi Nōrin gakkō yakyūbu), was a Taiwanese baseball team established in 1928 in Japanese Formosa.

Feb 21, 2023 · The 1931 Kano baseball team. The multi-ethnic, multi-faceted squad famously shocked the world at Japan's Koshien tournament -- so much that the moment was turned into a film decades later . From the Little Leagues to a robust pro league, baseball has continued to flourish on the "Beautiful Isle."

Under Japanese rule, an underdog high school baseball team from southern Taiwan defeats the heretofore superior northern teams and wins a rare opportunity to represent the colony in the 1931 empire-wide tournament.

Apr 9, 2014 · The recent film Kano chronicles the inspiring tale of a 1931 Taiwanese baseball team that made it to the championship of Japan’s “Kōshien” high-school tournament.

Mar 5, 2025 · I chose to film the story of the KANO baseball team because it is a singular historical event directly linked with Taiwan’s baseball development. It marked the starting point of baseball talent cultivation and local sport promotion. Most of all, they were the first truly multiethnic baseball team in Taiwan under the colonial rule.

Feb 27, 2014 · A high school multiracial Kano baseball team from southern Taiwan overcoming extreme odds to represent the island in the 1931 Japanese High School Baseball Championship at Koshien Stadium in Japan, when Taiwan was still under Japanese rule.

When a Chiayi high school baseball team in colonized Taiwan was invited to Japan in 1931 to play in the annual Koshien all-Japan high school tournament, they reached the finals — and almost won. But they lost the final game, 4-0.

Feb 27, 2014 · Kano baseball team explained. The, officially the, was a Taiwanese baseball team established in 1928 in Japanese Formosa. The team was a motley crew that consisted of Han Chinese (Hoklo and Hakka), Taiwanese indigenous people, and Japanese players.

The Kagi Agricultural and Forestry School forms a baseball team out of a motley crew of Han Chinese, indigenous Taiwanese, and Japanese players. Playing beyond all expectations, they end up qualifying for and reaching the finals of Koshien, Japan’s longstanding high school baseball tournament.