We Shall Overcome Someday

We Shall Overcome Someday

2005 · 118 min · ★ 6.4 · Drama, Action, Comedy

Romeo, A.K.A. Kosuke Matsuyama, is a second-year high school student. A nice, normal, nonviolent type, he suddenly finds himself in the middle of a rampaging crowd of Korean boys, outraged by insults perpetrated by several of his idiotic class-mates on two Korean girls. He makes a narrow escape, but soon after, he and his best bud Yoshio are sent by their home-room teacher to invite the Korean students to a friendly soccer game as a way of restoring the peace.

Directed by Kazuyuki Izutsu · Written by Kazuyuki Izutsu

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Shun Shioya Kousuke Matsuyama
Erika Sawajiri Kyung-ja Lee
Sousuke Takaoka An-sung Lee
Hiroyuki Onoue Jae-dok Park
Yoko Maki Gang-ja Chun
Joe Odagiri Sakazaki
Keisuke Koide Norio Yoshida
Kazuki Namioka Bang-ho Motoki
Ryo Kase Hideto Noguchi
Ken Mitsuishi Fukawa Sensei
Yōsuke Asari
Noriko Eguchi

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