Dodge a-Go Go (Dojji go go)

U.S. premiere.

2002, 83 min., 35mm. Directed by Mitsuhiro Mihara. Written by Atsuko Sagara. With Toshio Kakei, Yumika Tajima, Naomi Masuko and Yoichi Nukumizu. Print courtesy of Altamira Pictures and Pony Canyon.

From the producer of Shall We Dance? and Waterboys, Dodge a-Go Go is a Korean-Japanese co-production revolving around a Tokyo 6th grade girl who organizes a neighborhood dodgeball team. When her baseball player father is offered a job by the Korean team Lotte Giants, she moves to Pusan. There she meets Korean children who also play dodgeball, and her enthusiasm and endeavors continue. Director Mitsuhiro Mihara introduces the film.

Children under 12 must be accompanied by an adult.