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.
Direction
Yaguchi builds chaos like a maestro—every humiliation lands perfectly.
Acting
Tsumabuki's desperate earnestness will break your heart and your abs from laughing.
Director
Shinobu Yaguchi
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The 'bukatsu' club system in Japanese schools demands total devotion—this film satirizes that pressure by choosing the most mocked activity possible. It became a surprise hit because teens recognized their own obsessive tunnel vision.
The cast trained with actual synchronized swimmers for months. The final competition sequence? That's really them, flailing and all. The genuine struggle makes the comedy land harder.
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