Waterboys
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Introduction
The film is based on a real story: the success of the Kawagoe High School Male Synchronized Swimming Team that made some noise in the news during 1999. The team behind the hit Shall We Dance? and director Shinobu Yaguchi (who directed the successful comedy Adrenaline Drive) got together and auditioned hundreds of young actors requiring only good looks and the ability to swim. The end result was five major characters who weren't too original, but together formed quite a group.
Title
English: Waterboys Chinese: 五个扑水的少年
Year
2001
Cast
- Naoto Takenaka
- Aya Hirayama
- Satoshi Tsumabuki
- Hiroshi Tamaki
- Akifumi Miura
- Koen Kondo
Director
Shinobu Yaguchi
Genre
- Comedy
- Romance
- Sport
Summary
Our heroes are a former basketball player with a giant afro who failed to make the school's team (Sato), the classic geek who uses math for just about everything (Kanazawa), the fitness obsessed muscle-boy (Ohta) who is often spotted training in hilarious ways, the classic shy fellow who's gay and loves one of the other boys, and the cute leader who gets the girl at the end (Suzuki). Together they form a synchronised swimming group who promise to deliver a performance at their school festival, however, none of them can perform synchronised swimming...
