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Waterboys

2001 · 90 min

A warm, goofy underdog comedy that coasts on charm and gentle laughs, leaving you grinning at its earnest absurdity.

Overview
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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How it feels

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Tone
  • lightstrength 3 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 3 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • friendship
  • coming-of-age
  • found family
  • identity
  • sport
Places
  • school
  • small town
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror0
Humour8
Realism7
Romance3
Tension3
Darkness1
Complexity3
Emotional weight4

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Details

Genres
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Directed by
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Starring
Satoshi Tsumabuki, Hiroshi Tamaki, Naoto Takenaka, Koen Kondo, Takatoshi Kaneko, Akifumi Miura, Aya Hirayama, Kaori Manabe
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Languages
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