Taisho Baseball Girls

Synopsis

In the 14th year of the Taisho period (1925), baseball remains largely unfamiliar in Japan, with only a handful of male teams in existence. When a baseball player declares that women should focus on becoming housewives rather than pursuing education, 14-year-old Akiko defies this notion by persuading her friend Koume to form a girls' baseball team. Against the era's social conventions—where even running is considered improper for women and baseball is viewed as exclusively a boys' activity—the pair encounter numerous obstacles. They struggle with recruiting teammates, securing parental permission, and grasping the sport's intricacies, quickly realizing that mastering baseball is far more difficult than they initially imagined.