Movie: Again
Romaji: Agein 28 Nenme no Koshien
Japanese: アゲイン 28年目の甲子園
Director: Sumio Omori
Writer: Kiyoshi Shigematsu (novel), Sumio Omori
Producer:
Cinematographer: Akira Sako
Release Date: January 17, 2015
Runtime: 120 min.
Genre: Drama / Baseball
Distributor: Toei
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan
Plot
Mie’s (Haru) father died during the aftermath of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. One day, she finds a bundle of unsent New Year’s cards, which languished there for 28 years. To find out why the cards were never sent, Mie tracks down Haruhiko Sakacho (Kiichi Nakai). Haruhiko played on the same high school baseball team with her father. Mie eventually gathers together her father's former teammates to play in the Masters Koshien (a senior league baseball tournament). Mie also uncovers a truth about her father and the baseball team.
Notes
Based on the novel "Kiroi Jou" by Kiyoshi Shigematsu (first published May, 2012 by monthly literary magazine Syousetsu Subaru).
Filming begins November, 2013. In December, 2013 filming will take place at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture.
Cast
Kiichi Nakai as Haruhiko Sakacho
Haru as Mie Tozawa
Emi Wakui as Yuko Tachihara
Toshiro Yanagiba as Naoyuki Takahashi
Mugi Kadowaki as Sanami
Taiga as Norio Matsukawa
Asuka Kudo as Haruhiko Sakamachi
Tokuma Nishioka as Kenji Yanagita
Jin Muraki as Tetsuo Yamashita
Keiko Horiuchi as Natsuko Takahashi
Additional Cast Members:
Sayu Kubota
Manabu Hamada
Ken Yasuda