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Water Boys (Blu-ray) (English Subtitled) (Japan Version)

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Make way for the synchronized swimmers in the crowd-pleasing zero-to-hero youth film Water Boys ! Directed by Yaguchi Shinobu ( Swing Girls ), this hilarious and heartwarming 2001 sports comedy about a bunch of high school boys who take up synchronized swimming received eight nominations at the Japan Academy Awards and won a Best Newcomer trophy for heartthrob Tsumabuki Satoshi ( Nada Sou Sou ). Water Boys not only launched Tsumabuki Satoshi to fame, it also provided a start for many other newcomer actors, most notably Hiroshi Tamaki ( Nodame Cantabile , Midnight Eagle ). The great success and popularity of Water Boys also inspired a spin-off television drama that eventually ran for three seasons and launched even more careers. Swimming team member Suzuki (Tsumabuki Satoshi) has a problem: he's the only person on the team. Team membership skyrockets when the school gets a hot new coach, but it turns out she actually teaches synchronized swimming! Persuaded by her beauty, the guys clumsily give the unmanly sport a try, but she soon bails out for maternity leave. Refusing to give up, Suzuki and his remaining four teammates - Sato (Tamaki Hiroshi), Ohta (Miura Akifumi), Kanazawa (Kondo Koen, Ping Pong ), and Saotome (Kaneko Takatoshi, Azumi ) - enlist a wacky dolphin trainer (Takenaka Naoto, Nodame Cantabile ) to be their new teacher!

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