The Shining Star of Losers Everywhere

Directed by Mickey Duzyj · 2016

In recession-hit 2003 Japan, a racehorse in a pink Hello Kitty mask who never won a race became an unlikely national hero for everyone who knew what losing felt like.

A delightful, moving sports doc about a hopeless racehorse that won a nation's heart by losing.

In 2003, Japan was plunged into economic darkness, and its people needed a ray of hope. They found one in Haru Urara, a racehorse with a pink Hello Kitty mask and a career-long losing streak.

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