#HandballStrive
5.6
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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Cast
21 people
Seishirou Katou
Masao Kiyota
Known for
Heart and Yummie
Assassination Classroom: Graduation
Kotaro Daigo
Okamoto
Known for
Weathering with You
Alice in Borderland
Aju Makita
Kurosawa
Known for
House of Ninjas
The Makanai: Cooking for the Maiko House
Haruka Imou
Nanao
Known for
Human Vapor
Kamen Rider Black Sun
Ryota Bando
Kurahisa
Known for
Howling Village
Wife of a Spy
Fuku Suzuki
Jiro
Known for
Kamen Rider
Atsushi Shinohara
Yoshimuta
Known for
We Couldn't Become Adults
Shouma Kai
Taichi
Known for
Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy
Kamen Rider
Miku Tanaka
Hashimu
Also in
The Greatest Teacher
Until I Destroyed My Husband's Other Family
Taiga Nakano
Aniue
Known for
From Today, It's My Turn!!
Sweet Bean
Yukio Ueno
コンビニ店員
Mirai Shida
Teruteru
Known for
Arrietty
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Daigo Matsui Director · Dai Sato Screenplay Ryuichi Takita Editor
United States release November 5, 2020 · Produced in Japan · Production ColorBird, THEFOOL
Production
Grasshoppa!
Production
ColorBird
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THEFOOL
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Japan
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Original title
#ハンド全力
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Italy · June 26, 2020
Digital · Udine Far East Film Festival
Japan · July 24, 2020
Limited theatrical · Kumamoto
United States · November 5, 2020
Digital · Hawaii International Film Festival
Japan
July 31, 2020 · Theatrical
November 4, 2020 · Digital · VOD
South Korea
January 13, 2025 · Digital · 2024-VF01041
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