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Waterboys

Country: Japan, Language: Japanese, 90 mins

  • Director: Shinobu Yaguchi
  • Writer: Yasushi Fukuda; Shinobu Yaguchi
  • Producer: Yoshino Sasaki; Daisuke Sekiguchi

CGiii Comment

Truly...a massively painful experience.

What is it about Japanese gay-themed films and water?!?


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The(ir) Blurb...

In a Japanese high school, a class of adolescent geeks joins the new synchronized swimming teacher and takes up the challenge to take part in the competition, in spite of the mockeries of the "real sportsmen".

Cast & Characters

Satoshi Tsumabuki as Suzuki;
Hiroshi Tamaki as Sato;
Akifumi Miura as Ohta;
Koen Kondo as Kanazawa;
Takatoshi Kaneko as Saotome;
Aya Hirayama as Shizuko Kiuchi;
Kaori Manabe as Mrs. Sakuma;
Takashi Kawamura as Ikeuchi;
Hiroshi Matsunaga as Mochizuki;
Yuya Nishikawa as Sakamoto;
Katsuyuki Yamazaki as Yama-chan;
Taiyo Sugiura as Taiyo;
Koutarou Tanaka as Koutarou;
Makoto Ishihara as Makoto;
Naoshi Saito as Naoshi