KANO
Movie Premiere in Portland
Special Guest Appearance by Director Umin Boya and Q&A Session
Movie Premiere in Portland
Special Guest Appearance by Director Umin Boya and Q&A Session
DIRECTOR'S STATEMENT
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Baseball (Yakyuu in Japanese) is beloved and treasured by Taiwanese people as our most important sport. In addition to the glory and fame, baseball comforts the Taiwanese amid social strife and unrest.
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. Such composition demonstrates that when people have a common goal in sight, they can put aside their differences of all sorts and unite through mutual understanding, respect, and tolerance.
The film not only helps us we relive the glorious chapter in Taiwan's baseball history but also enables us to recall common memories in life through the friendship and family bonds depicted in the story. |