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Haiji was an elite runner, but has not competed due to a past injury. He then meets fellow elite runner Kakeru who also left running, but caused by a dispute. Their meeting inspires both young men to run again, with Haiji choosing the fabled "Hakone Ekiden" (long distance relay race). The race requires a 10 member team so Haiji and Kakeru recruits 8 others (some of whom have never even run before). Within this unlikely group of runners a bond is formed through their training and a belief that they can accomplish the impossible.Read moreLess
Haiji was an elite runner, but has not competed due to a past injury. He then meets fellow elite runner Kakeru who also left running, but caused by a dispute. Their meeting inspires both young men to run again, with Haiji choosing the fabled "Hakone Ekiden" (long distance relay race). The race requires a 10 member team so Haiji and Kakeru recruits 8 others (some of whom have never even run before). Within this unlikely group of runners a bond is formed through their training and a belief that they can accomplish the impossible.
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Haiji was an elite runner, but has not competed due to a past injury. He then meets fellow elite runner Kakeru who also left running, but caused by a dispute. Their meeting inspires both young men to run again, with Haiji choosing the fabled "Hakone Ekiden" (long distance relay race). The race requires a 10 member team so Haiji and Kakeru recruits 8 others (some of whom have never even run before). Within this unlikely group of runners a bond is formed through their training and a belief that they can accomplish the impossible.
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Keisuke KoideHaiji Kiyose
Kento HayashiKakeru Kurahara
Yuichi NakamuraAkane "Prince" Kashiwazaki
Yôsuke KawamuraAkihiro "Niko" Hirata
Atsushi HashimotoTakashi "Shindo" Sugiyama
Ren MoriYukihiko Iwakura
Kenta UchinoYohei "King" Sakaguchi
Keita SaitoTaro Jo
Shota SaitoJiro JoExplore the crew
- Director
- Sumio Ōmori
- Producer
- Tadahisa Sakamoto
- Director of Photography
- Akira Sako
- Screenplay
- Sumio Ōmori
- Editor
- Shinji Tanaka
- Original Music Composer
- Akira Senju