Samurai Beyond Their Dreams: Becoming the Best in the World

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2023 / 130min.

Rating7

Genres

Documentary

Synopsis

In December 2021, Hideki Kuriyama began devoting his days to one singular goal: hoisting the championship trophy at the 2023 World Baseball Classic. How did he mold his players into one of the best and strongest Samurai Japan teams in history? A close-up documentary that looks back on Samurai Japan's path to becoming world champions, along with valuable behind-the-scenes footage captured by the team's dedicated crew.

Directors

Actors

Yu Darvish

Hitoshi Kubota

Shohei Ohtani

Lars Nootbaar

Hideki Kuriyama

Koyo Aoyagi

Suguru Iwazaki

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