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YMCA Baseball Team S.E. - Director's Cut
YMCA Baseball Team S.E. - Director's Cut DVD Region 1, 3
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October 8, 2005 YMCA Baseball TeamThrough Ho-chang's discovery of baseball and his love for the game, this heart-warming, delightful comedy shows glimpses of the challenges faced by Korea as an evolving nation. It was fascinating for me to see life a very traditional society and how even a quintessential American sport like baseball could pose challenges. Each of the main characters is forced to examine their own lives and grow. You have to be alert since this is sometimes expressed very subtly.
The YMCA team was open equally to all the men, but led by a young woman, Min Jungrim, who was educated abroad. Subtle comedic moments ensue as the team members had to deal with this, as well as their class differences and learning how to play baseball. Comedic moments also ensue in Ho-chang's attempt to express his growing love.
The growing influence of a militaristic Japan changed the lives of the team members and their families. In the relationships between the sons and fathers, we gain different perspectives of the sides to this conflict.
The Seoul YMCA Baseball Team meets their biggest challenge in facing a Japanese baseball team. The captain of the opposing team, Hideo, a young Japanese officer is also caught between his love of baseball and his military obligations. The climax, as in all sports movies, is, of course, THE FINAL GAME and the legacy left behind by these early players of baseball.
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