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Umin Boya (born March 1, 1978), also known as Ma Chih-hsiang(Chinese: 馬志翔; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Má Chì-siông), is a Taiwanese aborigine (half aborigine on his father's side) writer, director and actor, and director of the historical baseball film Kano (2014).
Kano is a 2014 Taiwanese baseball period film directed by Umin Boya and produced by Jimmy Huang and Wei Te-sheng. It is based on a true story depicting the multiracial Kano baseball team from Japanese-era Taiwan, overcoming extreme odds to represent the island in the 1931 Japanese High School Baseball Championship at Koshien Stadium (located in ...
CineVue interviewed Director Umin Boya on his feature film directorial debut film “Kano,” a film about the true story of Kagi Agriculture and Forestry Public School’s Japanese-Taiwanese baseball team in the 1930s. The team goes from a losing streak to eventually playing in Japan’s prestigious high-school baseball tournament finals with ...
Mar 20, 2014 · A new baseball movie delves into the complex relationship between Taiwan and its Japanese colonizers. As a member of Taiwan's Seediq tribe, Umin Boya was taught at an early age that bravery is...
Umin Boya. Director: Kano. Umin Boya was born on 1 March 1978 in Yuli, Hualien, Taiwan. He is an actor and director, known for Kano (2014), Smile (2010) and Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale I (2011).
- January 1, 1
- 1.85 m
- Yuli, Hualien, Taiwan
Taiwanese actor turned director, Umin Boya graced the 2014 NYAFF with his presence, for the North American premiere of his director debut film, Kano. Boya spent over three years working on this film from going through over 30,000 applicants to casts as baseball players in the film to conducting extensive research in both Japan and Taiwan.
Umin Boya Active - 1993 - 2021 | Genres - Drama , Comedy , Action-Adventure , Fantasy , History | Subgenres - Sport Film Filmography ↓
