FEATURE FILM

#HandballStrive

6.8/10
TMDB6 votes
Original: 108 min

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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About #HandballStrive

#HandballStrive (2020) is a film in the comedy, drama genres. Directed by . The cast includes Seishirou Katou, Kotaro Daigo, Aju Makita, Haruka Imou.

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Original language
Runtime
108 minutes
Status
Released
Production countries
Japan
Production companies
Grasshoppa!, ColorBird, THEFOOL
Directors
Writers
Dai Sato, Daigo Matsui

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What is #HandballStrive about?

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.

Who stars in #HandballStrive?

Seishirou Katou, Kotaro Daigo, Aju Makita, Haruka Imou, Ryota Bando, Fuku Suzuki. See the cast cards above for character names.

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