We Shall Overcome Someday (2005)
Original title: パッチギ！
We Shall Overcome Someday is a 2005 Japanese-language drama movie directed by Kazuyuki Izutsu, with a running time of 1h 58m. It stars Shun Shioya, Erika Sawajiri and Sousuke Takaoka.
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.
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What is We Shall Overcome Someday about?
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.
When was We Shall Overcome Someday released?
We Shall Overcome Someday was released on 22 January 2005.
How long is We Shall Overcome Someday?
We Shall Overcome Someday runs 1h 58m.
Who made We Shall Overcome Someday?
We Shall Overcome Someday was directed by Kazuyuki Izutsu.
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Cast
- Shun Shioya as Kousuke Matsuyama
- Erika Sawajiri as Kyung-ja Lee
- Sousuke Takaoka as An-sung Lee
- Hiroyuki Onoue as Jae-dok Park
- Yoko Maki as Gang-ja Chun
- Joe Odagiri as Sakazaki
- Keisuke Koide as Norio Yoshida
- Kazuki Namioka as Bang-ho Motoki
- Ryo Kase as Hideto Noguchi
- Ken Mitsuishi as Fukawa Sensei
- Yōsuke Asari
- Noriko Eguchi