青春：第50屆日本全國高中棒球錦標賽 [數位修復版]

市川崑 Kon ICHIKAWA

日本 Japan | 1968 | DCP | Color | 96min

1968 年盛夏，第50 屆日本全國高中棒球錦標賽「夏季甲子園」正式開戰！六萬名觀眾擠爆看台觀戰，歡呼聲響徹雲霄。從2,485 所學校脫穎而出48 校菁英隊伍，準備爭奪獨一無二的至高榮耀。劇組縱橫經緯走遍列島，從寒冬到酷暑，追蹤野球少年的逐夢身影。片中更穿插珍貴歷史畫面，細數甲子園變遷史。走過二戰，巍巍場館除了曾因軍需拆用，甚至有明星球員遠赴沙場不再歸來。汗淚齊飆的甲子園，不僅是青春競技場，更見證永不言棄的大和精神。 本片為明治百年紀念電影，由朝日新聞社和日本高中棒球聯盟全面協力拍攝，一代名導市川崑最膾炙人口的傳奇傑作，媲美導演1965 年轟動鉅作《東京奧運1964》。為了落實導演的野望，全片出動20多台攝影機、動員120名工作人員，讓鏡頭伏地上天，穿梭各個角落，精彩捕捉賽事精華與綻放的各色青春！ Among the hardest-to-see films in Kon ICHIKAWA's oeuvre, this 1968 documentary finds the legendary director approach the subject of Japanese high school baseball with the same lyricism and visual splendor as he did with the 1964 Summer Games in Tokyo Olympiad (1965). On the 50th anniversary of the Koshien games, ICHIKAWA captures the uniquely rigorous training in snow, dirt and schoolyard lots of the young athletes preparing for the all-important tournament, interspersed with historical footage that contextualizes Japan's long love affair with student baseball. A thrilling portrait of youth in the economic boom of the postwar period, ICHIKAWA's rare film encapsulates an entire generation through sports.