日本の高校野球の夏の大会は全国が注目する伝統的イベントである。ヒーローである選手たちを応援するのは、華やかな場とは縁が無く、少し諦めてしまっている同級生たち。スタジアムの客席を舞台に、それぞれの気持ちを語る４人の男女の平凡ながら貴重な青春が浮かび上がる独創的な作品である。高校演劇の名作戯曲を、現在最も多くの映画を手掛ける存在のひとりである城定監督が映画化した。本作は日本でスマッシュヒットを記録し、新たな青春映画の傑作の誕生と話題を呼んだ。
A coming-of-age drama about young people who cheer for their high school baseball team playing in a stadium.
The summer high school baseball games in Japan is a longstanding nationwide event in Japan. The people who cheer the hero players from the stands are their fellow classmates who never made it on to the glamorous stadium grounds and have slightly given up on their dreams. The setting of this film is in the stadium stands where four boys and girls discuss their feelings. A seemingly ordinary and yet tender story of youth arises out of this unique film.
A film adaptation of a classic high school play by Hideo Jōjō—one of the most prolific directors working today. The film was a smash hit in Japan and was labeled as the birth of a new masterpiece in coming-of-age drama.
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