Waterboys

Waterboys

2001 · 90 min · JA · 6.5 (51 votes)
Dir. Shinobu Yaguchi · Starring Satoshi Tsumabuki, Hiroshi Tamaki, Naoto Takenaka, Koen Kondo, Takatoshi Kaneko, Akifumi Miura · Music Hitomi Shimizu
Comedy

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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A charmingly earnest tale of unlikely teammates finding their rhythm. It’s a feel-good underdog story about embracing the absurd and discovering strength in synchronicity, even amidst high school hijinks.

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