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A great many Japanese people,

including my parents,

sailed to Vancouver in Canada.

"If you work overseas for 3 years, you can spend the rest of your life in comfort back in Japan."

Believing in such stories of opportunity, they left their homes behind.

Keep moving.

They worked very hard.

They would do manual labor for more than 10 hours every day

for half the pay their Canadian counterparts got.

Their willingness to work whatever the circumstances

made Canadians see them as opponents here to steal their jobs.

Even faced with persecution and discrimination, the Japanese would still work.

Eventually, for their young born in Canada,

they created a baseball team.

The team was only meant to be a modest attempt at giving us some fun,

but it eventually got into the Canadian Baseball League.

The Vancouver Asahi

Good morning.

Oh, Reggie. Can you make it?

Yeah.

Get running!

Sorry.

Here we are.

Let's put it down!

We're sending them up!

Another!

Another!

Hey, Joe! Quickly!

Hey, how long are you going to slack off?

We're getting behind.

Hey, boys... chop, chop, chop, eh?

Cheap Jap bastards.

And... up!

We're not done with deliveries yet.

Sorry. After I get back.

Baseball this, baseball that...

You should say something to him, too, Dad.

All done?

May I leave?

You're pretty lucky to have time to spend playing.

Good afternoon, ma'am.

Time to go?

Yeah.

Hey, Reggie!

Got it!

Reggie, raise your voice more!

Okay, okay!

Send one here!

Here you go, Kaye!

Good one!

Here comes another.

You're late!

Work wouldn't let me go!

You're late!

I am late indeed!

Okay, Frank's up!

Frank!

To third base!

Good, Jack! Okay, shortstop!

Reggie!

Again!

Here it comes, Kaye.

Kaye, take care of it.

Here.

Frank!

That scared me!

Whoa, Frank!

Reggie.

Good catch.

Man, it's all wet.

See you tomorrow, Tom.

Yeah. Later.

Baseball, is it?

You're pretty carefree, aren't you?

It's not going to go well this year, either.

I'm home.

- Welcome back. - Welcome back.

[Kasahara residence]

[song: "Sutotonbushi", 1924 ("sutoton" doesn't have a meaning)]

If you didn't like it, you should have said so from the start

without all the sutoton!

But I have no idea what's going to happen.

And you call yourself Japanese?

Japan will come out on top!

If we hold fast, we can't lose!

We can't be getting cold feet!

We work and work and work right here!

But, Seiji-san, there is less and less work here for us!

Pipe down. How many times do you need to say that?

Can I have a minute?

What is it?

Your Dad is a little...

Has Seiji-san been out for quite a long time?

Yeah.

Hey.

Have him sleep at home tonight, okay?

He drank himself silly.

He said he was celebrating.

Did something happen?

That, you know... the China Incident.

[the Second Sino-Japanese War]

The Japanese army has been winning battle after battle.

For that...?

It seems to be threatening to turn into a huge conflict.

Hey.

Seiji-san.

Seiji-san.

Seiji-san's getting pretty old...

He can't work the railways anymore.

It's pretty rough.

20 people died in an avalanche recently, right?

Hey. Seiji-san.

Hey, Seiji-san, wake up!

Come on!

Sorry for his troubling you.

Hey.

He's sending it off again?

He sends off so much he has nothing saved.

He's got nothing on his mind except Japan.

His family over there is more important to him than you or us.

He's desperate for them to think he's succeeding here.

Have to wonder what's going to happen in the future.

With him like this now...

will he just get worse?

Where are you going?

Out for a bit.

He plays baseball when he's feeling troubled or down.

It's not like anything will change, though.

Men are foolish, huh?

Make sure you eat.

So, we'll see you again tomorrow.

Do you need me to go buy anything?

We're fine. Thanks, Emmy.

How is baseball going?

It's been going better.

That's good to hear.

I can get home on my own, you know.

Mom worries about you.

She doesn't spend any time with Canadians, so she doesn't get it.

They're not all bad or scary people.

Here.

Thanks.

That's some service for you.

Oh, something new came up.

Here. On the house.

Thank you very much.

Thank you.

That's too much!

I'll take one, too.

Of these?

No, no.

Here.

What are you... just one.

I heard the shipyard was shut down.

Again?

It's unfortunate for our youth.

Even if they go through a Canadian school, they won't get decent jobs.

How's Asahi looking this year?

How about it? Can you beat the whites?

We can, yeah?

They're just going to come last again.

Don't worry. They'll pull through.

I wonder...

I'm sorry.

We can't get by here anymore.

We've decided to go to Ocean Falls together to find work.

You've done well for us all this time.

Why aren't you trying to stop them, coach?

Hey, now.

Think this over.

If we lose you two, how can we possibly compete?

I'm sorry.

Apologizing...

Think before you speak.

These guys don't have work.

Are you saying to shut up and let them go because it's the only way?

They can play if they travel here--

You think so?

How long do you think their commute would be?

About your next captain...

Reggie.

Right?

Fine by me.

Me, too.

Yeah, that's good.

It's Reggie.

Hold on... why me?

You're the oldest, aren't you?

No... Tom is a year older than me.

I can't... I have Kami-san.

Watching over Kami-san and our child, and baseball?

You wouldn't see how hard that is.

Thanks, for everything.

No, uh, I need to worry about my sister's tuition and--

Everyone has their troubles.

But we're counting on you.

That's the way it is, I guess.

Asahi is in your hands now, Reggie!

The whole neighborhood is looking forward to this!

Well... let's all have one last practice together.

- Good idea! - Yeah, good idea!

Let's do it.

Let's go!

Let's do this!

What do I even have to do?

You bring the team together.

You can just say things like "Hold it together!" and "Take the win!"

But we're already on the same page and giving it our all.

Then don't do anything!

The captain's being here gives us legitimacy.

It'd be bad if I don't co--

Asahi is even getting help from the Japanese Association.

Since the start of the China Incident in July of last year,

we, the Japanese, have faced ostracism

in the form of boycotts, economic sanctions, and so on.

The pressure is mounting.

There is only one way to respond to this.

We Japanese must come together,

look to assimilate into Canadian society,

and work to contribute to Canada itself.

Huh?

That's different from what you said before!

You said to keep our Japanese pride even when we're in a foreign country!

No, it's exactly as you say.

But if we don't move forward along with this country,

we will only face more ostracism.

Whether or not we can be accepted in this country

is up to each of us having the mindset it takes to--

Those people

didn't have any desire to accept us from the start!

Yeah!

Nothing has changed after all these years!

Our wages have just been getting lower and lower,

so how could we even contribute to Canada?

Have you?!

Taking care of our countrymen is the duty of the Japanese Association.

What do you think you're doing telling us to kneel to the whites?

Our motherland is in crisis right now...

That has nothing to do with those of us in Canada.

Don't drag us--

Shut it, lady!

How unpatriotic are you, saying it has nothing to do with us?!

To hell with patriotism, we live in Canada!

Don't go butting in with your crap, lady!

- "Lady"? - Well, well...

The pride of our neighborhood, Asahi, is building friendships between our nations and contributing to Canada through baseball.

Let's hear their opinion on the matter.

You...

You, from Asahi...

Please say something for us.

Please allow me to take a photo.

Uh...

I'm sorry that we couldn't win.

Uh...

Everyone on the Canadian teams is so large

that they overpower us on the field.

We've been giving our best efforts,

but our players have been quitting due to work problems--

Can't you hold the team together?

Are you not embarrassed, as a man, to be losing all the time?!

I'm sorry, but...

it's not like we started this with the intention of losing.

I'm sorry.

Why are you apologizing for that?

It's a bad habit Japanese people have.

Please root for us.

Hey.

Hey.

I went to the assembly.

How did it go?

There were arguments.

And...

I ended up having to say a bunch of stuff.

Well, whatever.

What's up?

Oh, baseball has become a proper profession in Japan.

Players have even been coming in from America.

Want to go to Japan together?

And where do we get the money for that?

Good point.

Do you want to go pro? You should know better.

I was just saying.

What you said sparked some controversy.

Yeah.

We're working twice as much as the whites.

Why is our pay so different from theirs?

You should say things like that.

You're our captain, right?

Yeah, well, I am--

If you are, then say those things!

Hey, you over there!

Stop jibber-jabbering and get back to work.

Sorry.

Every chance you get, you Japs are talking Japanese.

It gives me the creeps.

It's just small talk.

If you want to bitch, bitch in English.

Now... you got something to say?

No. Nothing.

Hello!

Please wait just a moment.

Tom, didn't you say you had no practice today?

Sorry, I've decided to go.

Getting told off like that every time... how about giving it up?

I won't.

It's going to the outfield!

Good pitch.

Here it comes!

What's with that?

Don't do that!

Kaye.

Calm down.

What's up with that?

That crap Roy did.

You always say things like that, Kaye, but if he wasn't around we would be nothing.

He's full of himself because you always have him on a pedestal.

Don't be "yes men" for him.

We should put a little more into it, too!

Yeah?

You're right.

- Right, Frank? - Yeah.

Yeah. I feel like we can do it.

- Right? - Yeah.

Yeah?

But, you know...

We all have a batting average of only about 20%.

None of us can bat at all.

I know that much.

Let's go, Frank.

Frank.

That's why...

Okay, 3 days in Chilliwack.

$1.30 per day.

No way. You're too old.

Why are you only taking the young?!

These guys don't have the strength to get through three days!

I'll do anything! Give me some work!

You just make excuses!

Chemainus, Chemainus. $1.20 per day.

Seiji-san! What's wrong?!

What's wrong? Hey!

Seiji-san! Hey!

Are you okay?!

You fainted again?

I heard about it from Yasu-san.

It's not a big deal.

You're planning to go to another city for work again?

It's too rough for you now.

Don't get soft on your elders.

It'll bother me.

You've come to a point where you can work with the whites.

They're shit, those whites.

They slack off all the time and take us lightly.

Well, there's nothing we can do about it.

How is there nothing we can do about it? Making fools of us all the time...

Just who do they think built this city?

It was done on the backs of people who sailed here from Japan.

Who do you think made it so that we Japanese could get by here?

Brats like you screwing around with baseball wouldn't know.

"Screwing around"...

Don't bow down to the whites!

Listen, Reiji...

If you're going to do it, do it.

But do it right.

Put them on their asses.

Summer was just starting to show its face in Vancouver

and what we'd been waiting for finally arrived: baseball season.

How's it looking for Asahi this year?

Is Reiji showing his colors?

I'm going to come watch you today.

Do your best!

We're counting on you!

We're counting on you!

Good luck out there.

Mornin'.

Asahi's going to win today, right?

Of course they are!

I want to see Tom hit a home run!

He'll hit one for sure!

We need to check out their defense, too, though!

Asahi is more of a defensive team to begin with.

I'm looking forw--

Are you focusing on your work?

You may have been born here in Canada, but you are Japanese.

If a Japanese person couldn't speak or write their own language, wouldn't that be a terrible thing?

Let's go!

Quickly! Quickly!

We're going to get the best seats!

Reggie is going to hit one for sure!

- Wow! - Wooow!

Alright!

Alright!

Let's do it!

Don't you lose, now!

Go get them.

We'll get it this year!

Wait, hold on... why is Kaye saying that?

Reggie, you say it.

Go for it, Reggie.

Reggie.

Reggie?

Reggie?

Reggie, hold on.

Let's go, let's go!

Reggie, hit one!

Go for it, Reggie!

Asahi, crush the whites!

Reggie, go for it!

Play ball!

Strike one!

Strike two!

Strike three! Out!

Hit one, hit it out of here!

Hit that ball!

Hit it, hit it!

Bring it!

Strike one!

Strike two!

Strike three! Out!

Out.

Bring it on!

Play!

Strike one!

You've got this!

They can do it!

Home run!

Dammit, again...

See? I knew it wouldn't work this year, either.

Hey, little midgets!

Thanks for the easy win!

- Thank you, boys! - Cheers!

Nice game, eh?

Try saying that again. I dare you!

Hey.

Good one.

It's like they didn't even see the scoreboard.

Why is Roy always like that?

During that war before...

his dad died fighting for Canada.

And nothing changed even after that.

Don't give up on higher education.

Chase after what you truly want to do.

I'm so close to getting a scholarship.

We'll have to celebrate.

Well, let's hope I get it.

I think you paid me too much.

Go spend it on records or books or whatever you want to buy.

Besides, you're the only one who can appease my nagging mother.

And I appreciate it.

See? They're not all bad people.

Hey, are you listening?

But they are huge.

Their pitches are really something.

They're fast and heavy. Even if we hit them, they don't go anywhere.

What can we do about that?

I'm looking forward to the next game.

Play!

No good again...

That bat is taller than you!

Try hitting one, shorty!

Strike one!

Where are you even looking?! That was a ball!

Again, seriously?

What was that?

They're calling balls as strikes.

Yeah.

They're toying with us.

I don't think that's the problem.

What are you brooding about?

We just can't beat the whites.

Their arms are so muscular.

They're twice the size of ours.

We had no chance from the start.

I know that much.

Don't just keep saying we can't win.

Yeah, but that's why...

What?

I have to think about it.

Don't stress out if thinking about it still won't get the win.

Strike one!

Strike two!

Strike three! Out!

It's pretty much pointless.

These guys, seriously...

You've got an idea, don't you?

Yeah, I'm going to try something.

What's he doing?

He's gotten all the way to third base!

That means... Asahi just got a point!

Did you see that?

You saw that?

I got us a point!

That game the other day... what was that?

Talking about baseball?

Yeah.

Did they lose again?

Yeah, they lost again.

1 to 2.

But they got a point off just one bunt!

I've never seen something like that!

And those Canadians...

their bodies are so big they can't really do sharp turns.

Seriously, Seiji-san! Hurry up! Hurry!

Come on!

We came at a good time!

One out and people on bases 2 and 3! Nice!

Safe!

Asahi, you're too dull! Can't you hit a home run?!

Whose side are you on?

Don't act all high and mighty bunting all day!

Ignore this guy!

We're not playing this way to look cool.

What are you guys doing?

We won, right?

Awesome!

It's a fluke.

Again with that...

They got lucky.

This style isn't really baseball.

It's pathetic.

Is it?

Watching it is exciting. It's fun for us. Yeah?

Yeah!

It's fine, but run harder you guys.

Yeah.

Watching you guys zip around the field like that...

I don't really know why, but it gets me all fired up!

It's a great time!

Really?

The first step is the important part.

The first step.

I guess we start on our right feet.

Our right.

An unlicensed Japanese fishing boat went out to sea.

You know anything?

We

know

noshing.

"Noshing"?

But the Japanese way is...

to take things. Without thinking about the consequences.

Right?

The fish don't belong to anyone.

No Japanese would try and break your rules.

If we do that

we know it would mean starvation.

Don't you even understand that?

I'm sorry. He was just making a joke.

I know it's not funny. I hope he didn't offend you.

I'm going to have to check your boats.

What?

We can't help here.

But we have our own way of helping.

Are you holding your ground, Asahi?!

Get the next one, the next one!

Close! Close!

How about the mustached guy?

The third one here.

He's bad with inside pitches!

Send him a curve ball!

Let's speed this up!

Got it!

It's coming to the infield!

Reggie!

Out.

Out.

Mom, do you even know the rules?

I have no idea!

But seeing Reiji so happy is making me happy!

Nice!

Cheers! Cheers!

Cheers!

Good work! Control that ball!

Cheers!

Are you okay? I heard a customer didn't pay you?

It's no joke. They just think we'll do whatever we're told.

They're putting their lives into this, aren't they?

Even though they're weaklings.

Stick it up there!

- It's awesome, isn't it? - Wow!

He's going again?

You bet.

He's going, he's going, he's going!

Safe!

Yes!

You guys are good.

What?

Watching you play baseball is fun.

I like the way you use your heads.

Sorry.

We can't use our backs, so...

that's all we could do.

"That's all"?

Sorry.

Why do you keep apologizing?

Hey, what are you guys doing?

Stop jibber-jabbering and start working.

What was that?

What exactly was that?

What was it?

Somehow... things seem pretty different.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Could we be...

doing something amazing?

Yeah.

Ma'am, may I take your bags--

No!

You may not take my bags.

You're filthy.

You there.

- Yes, ma'am? - Take these.

I heard they're amazing. The way the Asahi play?

Yeah.

You should come see how great they are.

Emmy.

Could I see you for a moment?

But why can't it be Emmy?

The other parents had some concerns. Like...

why a Japanese Canadian should receive this scholarship.

Emmy, I'm sorry to inform you of this, but...

Please. Forget about the scholarship.

But that's not fair!

You are an outstanding student.

That's why I recommended you.

It's very unfortunate, but...

that's the way it is.

Hey! Here!

Have these. Take them with you!

Thanks.

Asahi is doing great!

You're rattling the whites' cages! It's firing me up!

At this rate, you can clear up many years of bitterness!

Sure.

But...

that's not why we're doing this.

Well... that is true.

Anyway, keep doing your best, okay?

What is it?

I'm home.

Hey, you're home?

Welcome back.

Asahi is doing pretty well this year, hey?

Eat up.

Why are you going so slow?

Quickly, get it done.

Wait a minute, please.

This guy went and ate your shares, as well.

He's always like this when he decides to come home.

What do you even come home for?

What's with that tone?

Do you have a problem with me?

Of course she does.

You send all your money to Japan.

Do you understand how rough Mom has it?

How it gets used is up to the one who earned it.

That, and having that "going away for work" mentality

is why Japanese people get told to leave this country.

Emmy...

What did you just say?

"'going away for work' mentality," to your parent?

You people are always like that.

You don't learn English and only talk to Japanese people.

You don't even try to understand Canadians.

That's why everyone thinks we're poor, or idiots.

And we don't move up in our social standing!

From a bratty little girl?

Move, Reiji!

You think going to school makes you special?!

Get out!

The rice!

It's rice we bought with Reiji's money.

That's not for you to complain about.

I've had enough! Get out!

It's natural to complain about having someone like him here.

You can complain if you want.

But...

I can't let you speak ill of your parent.

-- but showing distaste now is callous. If you didn't like it, you should have said so from the start.

without all the sutoton.

Sutoton, sutoton!

Asahi is taking the win today!

Look forward to it.

Hit it out of here!

Strike three! Out!

That was clearly a ball!

What are you looking at?!

What's happening?

The umpire is cheating again.

Hey, umpire!

Call the game like you see it!

Don't be playing any funny games!

What, are you rooting for the Japs?

I'm not rooting for the Japs. I want a fair game.

Be fair.

Reggie!

Reggie!

Reggie!

What?

What?

You stay down, you filthy little Jap!

Get up!

We've been banned from the tournament.

What about Mt. Pleasant?

Not at fault.

Roy...

you sure did something stupid.

Things worked out well this way.

Yeah.

You Japs take the cake.

Once you get a little confidence,

you make mistakes.

It's a shame.

Hey.

- Reggie. - Reggie.

Hey, captain.

Frank.

I got fired from work.

It's... a bit strange.

Japanese people are getting fired from all the hotels.

Are things okay at the saw mill?

Yeah.

Well, yeah, for now.

With this,

I'll be going to Japan.

Relatives there found me some work.

I see...

To Japan, huh?

- Yeah. - Sounds nice.

I wonder if it's a good place?

It'll be better than here, won't it?

I heard it'll be rough, since I'll still be called an immigrant there.

I wonder if it's better to hear that from the whites or from the Japanese?

Go for the stars, Reggie.

I'm hopeless.

Getting encouraged and such...

Okay, we're here!

Hey. Hey!

Hey! Hey!

Seiji-san! Seiji-san! Seiji-san!

Hey!

Go on home! Quickly!

It's fine.

What's fine?!

Reiji got hurt, you know!

I know.

Always putting on that act...

Hurry up and get your ass home to see him!

It's too much of a pain!

I'll hold your stuff!

Hey, I'll hold it!

I get it!

I get it!

I get it! I get it!

I get it, you dumbass!

Hurry up and go!

Move!

Move!

Reiji!

What?

Yasu said...

Yasugorou said you got hurt.

Yeah. I swelled up a bit, but it got better.

The hell is with you?

Boys get told from a young age to protect their face and balls!

How pathetic.

Why are you making a ruckus while we eat?

Come inside.

Asahi was...

I know.

One thing after another has to make so much noise...

Hello!

Can I have a minute?

Roy!

Roy!

Hey.

Our ban was lifted!

Come on, let's go! Quickly!

Forget that. Let's go!

The phones at the league's head office

have been ringing off the hook from morning to night.

And it wasn't only Japanese callers.

Whites have been objecting to the decision en masse as well.

"Hurry up and let them play," and such.

At least be a little pleased.

I was... actually relieved we were banned.

Why?

I can live without having to worry about batting.

Working the entire time I'm awake

and getting woken up by my mom every night

then leaving to fish again in the morning...

and, on top of all of that, playing baseball?

Is there any point to it?

There is.

I don't feel there is.

I do.

Have a seat.

Have you heard?

We have to answer people's wishes.

Uh...

Then...

My sister will say something.

The captain should be doing that.

No... I'm not good at things like that.

Well...

Uh...

There is something that I have been wanting to say.

So...

I made my brother give me this chance.

I...

am always...

really, really looking forward to Asahi's games.

When I watch all of you play,

it makes me

think that I have to do my best, as well.

Um...

It's not just me, but everyone in the neighborhood

probably feels the same way.

There are a lot of things that we can't help even if we try our hardest,

but we can't let ourselves feel defeated.

And we can't cry.

What should I say...

I wanted to do something,

so I had my friends

teach me a song.

Emmy!

Go for it!

Take me out to the...

Take me out to the ball game,

Take me out with the crowd;

Buy me some peanuts and Cracker Jack,

I don't care if I never get back.

Let me root, root, root for the home team,

If they don't win, it's a shame.

For it's one, two, three strikes, you're out,

At the old ball game.

Emmy!

You did well!

I'll keep rooting for you.

Do your best, Asahi!

Sure!

We will!

Do it!

I apologize.

I wanted to make sure by fighting a white...

it turns out they really are huge and strong.

Roy.

He's right!

He's got it.

Hey, the Jap place is that way.

I've got some business inside.

We were wrong.

I will...

never do it again.

We'll see you on the field.

Shall we give it a go?

Yeah.

Yeah.

Baseball

is just straight up fun.

For us, there's more to it than just the game...

Yeah.

If I...

can play baseball,

then I can be glad to have been born here.

Let's take this ride together.

As far as it goes.

I'll do whatever it takes.

Japan has successfully sent new troops to China.

While the scope of Japan's aggression enlarges more and more,

the situation in the Far East continues to worsen even more.

- Come on.

Quickly.

The entire nation of Japan is surely preparing for yet another war.

Japan will most likely become a threat to Canada, a British commonwealth nation,

if Japan expands the scope of their invasion beyond this, and commences hostilities again.

Frank...

Couldn't be, could it?

If I am pro-Japan,

it will have a negative effect on the sales of my company.

You understand, right?

Thank you for your kindness until now.

May I say goodbye to Mrs. O'Neill?

You have to study hard at college, too.

I didn't know how to tell you, but I didn't get the scholarship.

Why not?

Such a smart girl as you...

I want to keep on loving this country.

They're the only ones with good things to talk about.

Things are looking dark for everyone else.

Asahi will show us the dawn.

What?

What do you want?

You want that?

You want this?

Yeah.

Do you speak English?

Reiji.

Reiji!

Huh?

Did you buy this?

At... a white store?

Yep.

Looking down on me and such...

I can get by with shopping, at least.

I asked him to sell me the best one.

If you have that much money, help out at home.

Pipe down.

I'm heading elsewhere for work for a bit again.

You're doing the things that I couldn't.

We are here now

because you and the others

came here from Japan.

I'm grateful for that.

Today at the ballpark, Asahi faces Mt. Pleasant

who share the same win/loss record.

Today's game will decide the league championship.

We'll keep you updated with scores and the final outcome as reports from the ballpark come into the station.

The game... the most important game!

Asahi, Asahi... Asahi's most important game!

Asahi's--

Master, what are you doing?!

- Hurry it up, let's go! - Is it already close?

- It's not close, it's already time! - Th-then, bring in the sign!

The sign?

Wh-why are you

cleaning up this much right now?!

I didn't think this day would ever come!

This is the game that matters! We need to--

An important game, he says...

Your dad is saying the shop isn't important.

Make sure you grow up to be a respectable man.

Hey.

Young man.

You can have pride in your father.

Your concern isn't needed.

Dad?

I'm going to go watch.

What?

Mt. Pleasant, on three! One, two, three!

Mt. Pleasant!

Okay, boys!

After coming this far, I've run out of things to say.

Play to your heart's content.

Let's do this!

We're going to finish this!

Yeah!

Roy, we're counting on you!

Play ball!

Bring it on!

Strike one!

...as expected of a white.

- Indeed. - Home run!

Their bodies are huge, so their hits are too.

As Asahi out-thinks Mt. Pleasant with their "brain ball",

Mt. Pleasant has pulled ahead with their homerun hitting.

Heading into the 9th, Mt. Pleasant leads by one run: 5 to 4.

What did he say? Who is winning? Is it Asahi?

Asahi is losing.

Hey, Roy! Pull it together!

- What are you doing?! - Our hopes are on you, Roy!

No matter what the final score may be,

stay tuned for a follow-up report.

Is there no hope for them?

Reiji!

Strike three! Out!

Hey, fellas! One more out!

One more out, fellas! One more!

That's right, just one more! We got this! We got this!

Roy, Roy! Do it for us!

Strike one!

Alright, guys! Alright! We got this!

Roy, Roy! He knows what you're doing!

I know that.

So what do I do?

You have to just hit it out of here!

If I hit it, it's not gonna fly!

Don't say that before you've hit one!

You've said the same thing.

Here we go.

Get that ball out of here!

He missed it!

Run home! Run home!

Hurrah!

Hurrah!

They won!

They won! They won!

Asahi scored an upset victory,

Yes! They won!

They won!

Asahi won! They won! Roy hit one!

They did it!

After that, we did nothing except play baseball.

Reggie.

Let's go.

Okay.

Asahi became so popular

that we took 1st place in Vancouver's fan poll.

Teams from all over invited us to play.

We played away games even during the off season.

As long as we played like we were serious,

nobody would speak badly about us.

"In baseball, there are neither Canadians nor Japanese,"

is something many said.

And we were thinking,

"Things might even change."

Hey, how are the preparations coming?

All Japanese fishing boats will be seized by Canadian authorities.

Obey our orders now and hand over your boats.

This is an order.

All Japanese fishing boats will be seized by Canadian authorities.

December 7th, 1941.

The Japanese military attacked Pearl Harbor.

The Japanese have attacked Pearl Harbor, Hawaii

in the United States by air.

We don't know the details,

but our neighboring country has suffered considerable damage.

The fact that Canada will surely be affected is inevitable.

I repeat,

Everyone, off the truck.

Why do they have to take the truck?

I have no idea what's going on.

Hey,

you're not going to give it back?

We're in a hurry!

This is very important to us Japanese.

Everybody here

is heading back to their families.

Hurry up and give it back to us.

You don't need to do that.

Seiji-san!

Don't shoot us, you moron.

There's no other choice!

Let's walk home!

We all have to get home.

- We have to go home! - We're going!

We have to go home!

We're going!

Hurry! Hurry!

Come on, hurry it up!

Japanese people were thought of as enemies of the state.

We were then forcefully sent to internment camps.

We were each allowed to bring one bag with us.

Our homes and their contents were all seized.

Faster.

Faster.

Tom.

You, too. Keep moving!

Tom!

Kaye!

Forward!

- No stopping! - Keep moving!

Keep going! No one stops!

Stay well!

Stay well!

Tom!

Faster!

Why are the Japanese people walking?

Roy! Roy!

Roy!

Roy!

Roy!

Is your mom alright?

Yeah, more or less.

Which camp are you going to?

I have no idea.

I'll make sure to go pro.

In Japan, or wherever.

Come along with me.

Let's play baseball together again.

The train is departing!

Move back!

The Japanese neighborhood we had lived in vanished.

We would finally get back our freedom

4 years later when Japan lost the war.

But Asahi never got back together again.

61 years later, in 2003,

while bridging the gap between cultures,

Asahi's unique playing style and contributions to the sport

earned them a place in the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame.

That was after most of the players had left this world.

Asahi!

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