Shinobu YAGUCHI 矢口史靖
Waterboys
Nippon Cinema ª
Even though all-boys Tadamo High School is known to have the worst swim-team, a pretty new swim coach gets a whole crop of new volunteers – that is, until they find out that she has synchronized swimming in mind. Nevertheless, five stick around. A wonderful comedy!
Japan 2001
91 minutes
Production
Altamira Pictures, Toho, Dentsu, Fuji Television Network
Distribution
Japanisches Kulturinstitut (The Japan Foundation)
Cast
Satoshi TSUMABUKI, Naoto TAKENAKA, Kaori MANABE, Akira EMOTO, Hiroshi TAMAKI
About Shinobu YAGUCHI
矢口史靖
Born in Kanagawa Prefecture in 1967, Shinobu YAGUCHI began shooting his first film on 8mm as a student at Tokyo Zokei University. In 1990, his short film THE RAIN WOMEN won the Grand Prize of the renowned PIA Film Festival. Through a scholarship, the festival enabled him to shoot his feature debut DOWN THE DRAIN (1993). With his comedies such as WATERBOYS (2001 / NC ’05), ROBO-G (2012 / NC ’14) and SURVIVAL FAMILY (2017 / NC ’17), he has also found international success.