The Vancouver Asahi

{{Infobox film

| name = The Vancouver Asahi

| image = The Vancouver Asahi poster.jpeg

| alt =

| caption = Poster

| native_name = バンクーバーの朝日

| director = Yuya Ishii

| producer = Naoto Inaba, Miyoshi Kikuchi

| writer =

| screenplay = Satoko Okudera

| story =

| based_on =

| starring = Satoshi Tsumabuki
Kazuya Kamenashi
Ryō Katsuji
Yusuke Kamiji
Sosuke Ikematsu
Kōichi Satō

| narrator =

| music = Takashi Watanabe

| cinematography =

| editing = Shinichi Fushima

| studio =

| distributor = Toho

| released = {{film date|2014|12|20|}}

| runtime = 133 minutes

| country = Japan
Canada

| language = Japanese

| budget =

| gross = ¥882 million (Japan)

}}

{{Nihongo|The Vancouver Asahi|バンクーバーの朝日|Bankūbā no Asahi}} is a 2014 Japanese-Canadian coproduced baseball drama film directed by Yuya Ishii, based on the true story of a Vancouver-based baseball team called the Vancouver Asahi which existed before the Second World War. It was released to Japanese theaters on December 20.{{cite web |url= http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=349104|script-title=ja:バンクーバーの朝日(2014)|accessdate= December 24, 2014|work= allcinema.net|publisher= Stingray|language= Japanese}}

Plot

The film is set in Canada during the 1930s.{{cite web|url= http://www.filmbiz.asia/news/yo-kai-watch-breaks-toho-record-in-japan|title= Yo-kai Watch breaks Toho record in Japan|author= Kevin Ma|date= December 24, 2014|accessdate= December 24, 2014|work= Film Business Asia|url-status= dead|archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20150106202334/http://www.filmbiz.asia/news/yo-kai-watch-breaks-toho-record-in-japan|archivedate= January 6, 2015}}

Cast

Satoshi Tsumabuki as Reggie Kasahara
Kazuya Kamenashi as Roy Naganishi
Ryō Katsuji as Kei Kitamoto
Yusuke Kamiji as Tom Miyake
Sosuke Ikematsu as Frank Nojima
Kōichi Satō as Seiji Kasahara
Mitsuki Takahata as Emmy Kasahara

Reception

The film has grossed ¥882 million at the Japanese box office.{{cite web |url= http://www.tokyohive.com/article/2015/01/japan-box-office-report-1-31-4|title= Japan Box Office Report – 1/3~1/4|date= January 6, 2015|accessdate= January 8, 2015|work= tokyohive|publisher= 6Theory Media, LLC}}

The film was screened at the 2014 Vancouver International Film Festival, where it won the People's Choice Award as the most popular film at the festival.