
Waterboys(2001)
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.

A run-in with the police once again puts three former reformatory inmates on the wrong side of the law. Their situation becomes increasingly desperate as events spin out of control, culminating in an audacious hijack at sea...

Yoshizumi Ishihara
Hideo Araki

Masato Furuoya
Akihiko Numata

Mio Takaki
Hiromi Mizutani

Tomisaburō Wakayama
Captain

Kunie Tanaka
Iwai

Tatsuo Yamada
Seiichi Uchiyama

Kumiko Akiyoshi
Tomoko Araki

Hiroshi Katsuno
Shingo Higashiyama

Ikko Furuya
Chief Detective Fukumoto

Mikijiro Hira
Takeda
The Shootout is a drama, crime, action film released in 1982 exploring themes of shizuoka, japan. Directed by Tōru Murakawa, it stars Yoshizumi Ishihara, Masato Furuoya, Mio Takaki. A run-in with the police once again puts three former reformatory inmates on the wrong side of the law. Their situation becomes increasingly desperate as events spin out of control, culminating in an audacious hijack at sea...
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