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Gymnasium Baby

Country: Japan, Language: Japanese, 72 mins

Original Title

Taiikukan Baby
  • Director: Yoshihiro Fukazawa

CGiii Comment

A vast improvement on how Japanese directors usually treat this subject matter.

Instead of the erratic campness, there is a moodiness bordering on the suicidal - well, extremes are fashionable.

But...this is a step in the right direction.

So, well done - but, to watch it again would be a fate worse than death.

The subtitles also include information on Japanese etiquette - how interesting.


Trailer...

The(ir) Blurb...

Jun, the ace in his swimming team, lost against his rival, Naoki, at the summer college tournament. But since then there is a special feeling between them....

Cast & Characters

Megumi Haruno;    
Tomohiro Kubo;    
Yuichi Nakamura;
Yûta Takahashi