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5.6 1h 28m

Athlete

"I want to live my life being me."

Ex-swimmer Kōhei, facing divorce, meets aspiring animator Yūtaka in Tokyo’s gay district. Their fiery attraction deepens amid emotional highs and lows.

Top Cast

  • Joe Nakamura

    Joe Nakamura

    Kaido Kōhei

  • Kondo Yohdi

    Kondo Yohdi

    Imaizumi Yūtaka (Yūta)

  • Reina Tasaki

    Reina Tasaki

    Kaido Mizuna

  • Yoshiaki Umegaki

    Yoshiaki Umegaki

    Priscilla

  • Minamoto Rai

    Minamoto Rai

    Mimosa

Overview

Ex-swimmer Kōhei, facing divorce, meets aspiring animator Yūtaka in Tokyo’s gay district. Their fiery attraction deepens amid emotional highs and lows.

Rating

5.6 / 10
14 Reviews
1 Popular

1 Reviews

  • CinemaSerf
    CinemaSerf
    6 Mar 28, 2022

    A stylishly filmed story about a thirty-something swimming teacher who, having been divorced by his wife, encounters a young man and together they embark on a journey of self-discovery. It's all pretty predictable stuff: inner demons are faced and it has it's fair share of love, lust, jealousy - and, of course, external family problems that all weigh heavily on the younger man as he struggles to find and accept love and on the older as he deals with his teenage daughter. The ending, though really quite unfulfilling, is actually appropriate and honest. Two decent performances from Joe Nakamura and Yohdi Kondo keep this interesting, if not exactly thought-provoking.

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