It's summer vacation, but two high schoolers have been instructed to clean the (empty) swimming pool. As they sweep the pool, they initially discuss school life, love and makeup. But it isn't long before their worries begin to overflow and their thoughts intersect.
Direction
Yamashita turns an empty pool into a whole emotional landscape.
Writing
Play adaptation that breathes—dialogue sharp as broken glass.
Director
Nobuhiro Yamashita
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Nobuhiro Yamashita is a staple of Japanese indie cinema, known for finding transcendence in working-class boredom—this continues his obsession with young women trapped in spaces they didn't choose.
The original stage play's single-location constraint becomes cinematic poetry here; the pool's blue tiles and harsh summer light turn claustrophobia into something almost beautiful.
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