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#HandballStrive

2020-07-24 · 108 min · ★ 6.8

Comedy · Drama

The school’s handball club is about to close down. Can social media bring it back to life? Masao Kiyota is a high school student living in Japan’s southern Kumamoto Prefecture. Lacking passion for anything in life, he spends his days like so many youth on his smartphone along with his childhood friend, Okamoto. One day, they upload a photo taken three years previously when they were both part of their school’s handball team. To their surprise, the post goes a little viral. Encouraged, they add the hashtag: “#Handball Full Power” and are swarmed with “likes” from around the country. Amidst the sudden social media attention, Masao and Okamoto set to resuscitating a nearly defunct men’s handball team.

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Directors
Daigo Matsui
Production companies
Grasshoppa!, ColorBird, THEFOOL
Countries
Japan
Status
Released

Top Cast

Seishirou KatouSeishirou KatouMasao Kiyota
Kotaro DaigoKotaro DaigoOkamoto
Aju MakitaAju MakitaKurosawa
Haruka ImouHaruka ImouNanao
Ryota BandoRyota BandoKurahisa
Fuku SuzukiFuku SuzukiJiro
Atsushi ShinoharaAtsushi ShinoharaYoshimuta
Shouma KaiShouma KaiTaichi
Miku TanakaMiku TanakaHashimu
Taiga NakanoTaiga NakanoAniue
Mirai ShidaMirai ShidaTeruteru
Yumi AdachiYumi AdachiIchikawa
Eri FuseEri FuseYumiko
Tomorowo TaguchiTomorowo TaguchiMasashi
Himi SatoHimi SatoShimada

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