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Waterboys

Waterboys

20016.51h 30m

Overview

In a Japanese school, 5 adolescent geeks join the new sport teacher and take up the challenge to take part in the synchronised swimming competition, in-spite of the mockeries of the real sportsmen.

Directed by Shinobu Yaguchi
Written by Yasushi Fukuda, Shinobu Yaguchi
Produced by Shinobu Yaguchi, Akifumi Takuma, Daisuke Sekiguchi
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Top Cast

Satoshi Tsumabuki

Satoshi Tsumabuki

Suzuki

Hiroshi Tamaki

Hiroshi Tamaki

Sato

Naoto Takenaka

Naoto Takenaka

Isomura

Koen Kondo

Koen Kondo

Kanazawa

Takatoshi Kaneko

Takatoshi Kaneko

Saotome

Akifumi Miura

Akifumi Miura

Ohta

Aya Hirayama

Aya Hirayama

Shizuko Kiuchi

Kaori Manabe

Kaori Manabe

Mrs. Sakuma

T

Takashi Kawamura

Ikeuchi

Hiroshi Matsunaga

Hiroshi Matsunaga

Mochizuki

Themes & Keywords

high schoolsportsbathingswimmingsynchronized swimmingschool clubswim teamjapanese high schoolbukatsushizuoka, japan

About Waterboys

Waterboys is a comedy film released in 2001 exploring themes of high school, sports, bathing, swimming, synchronized swimming, school club. Directed by Shinobu Yaguchi, it stars Satoshi Tsumabuki, Hiroshi Tamaki, Naoto Takenaka. In a Japanese school, 5 adolescent geeks join the new sport teacher and take up the challenge to take part in the synchronised swimming competition, in-spite of the mockeries of the real sportsmen.

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