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Waterboys is a japonais film of genre Comedy directed by Shinobu Yaguchi released in USA on 15 september 2001 with Satoshi Tsumabuki
Waterboys (2001)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 15 september 2001
Length 1h30
Directed by Shinobu Yaguchi
OriginJapon
Genres Comedy
Themes Sports films
Rating70%
Waterboys (ウォーターボーイズ, Wōtā Bōizu) is a 2001 Japanese comedy film written and directed by Shinobu Yaguchi, about five boys who start a synchronized swimming team at their high school. The film stars Satoshi Tsumabuki (Suzuki, the leader of the team), Hiroshi Tamaki (Sato), Akifumi Miura (Ohta), Koen Kondo (Kanazawa), Takatoshi Kaneko (Saotome) and Naoto Takenaka (the dolphin trainer).
The film was a success in Japan, and was nominated for eight prizes at the Japan Academy Prize, winning awards for 'Best Newcomer' and 'Best Music Score'. A spin-off television series entered its third season in 2005.
Synopsis
Suzuki is a high-school student who aspires to become a great swimmer; however, he is the only person in the school's swimming team. Soon, a beautiful new swimming teacher starts work at the high school. Dozens of boys decide to join the swimming team, but when they realize that she teaches synchronized swimming (which is generally a women's sport), all but Suzuki and four other boys drop out. The teacher soon takes maternity leave, and for some time the team is on hiatus. However, when Suzuki watches a dolphin show he decides to ask the dolphin trainer to be their coach.Actors
Satoshi Tsumabuki
(Suzuki)
Hiroshi Tamaki
(Sato)
Aya Hirayama
(Shizuko Kiuchi)
Takatoshi Kaneko
(Saotome)
Kaori Manabe
(Mrs. Sakuma)
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