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| Waterboys
(PG) |
| 2000
/ colour / 91 mins |
| Director: |
Shinobu Yaguchi |
| Producer: |
Shoji
Masui |
| Screenwriter: |
Shinobu
Yaguchi |
| Cast: |
Satoshi
Tsumabuki, Naoto Takenaka, Kaori Manabe, Akira Emoto |
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Suzuki is the last remaining member of
Tadano High School's swimming team. If no
new members join the team this year, it
will be cancelled altogether. Fortunately,
a pretty teacher, Sakuma, is picked as the
swim team's new coach. After class, 30 young
men gather at the poolside. Many of them
want to join the team for reasons other
than a love of the water! Sakuma, however,
had dreamed of coaching a synchronised swimming
team, an ambition that was shattered when
she was assigned to work at a boys school.
She announces to the students that she plans
to teach them synchronised swimming in spite
of their gender. Most of the young men flee
instantly.
When
the dust settles, only five students including
Suzuki are left. Hoping to cheer Sakuma
up, they launch into a silly imitation of
Olympic-style women's synchronised swimming
moves. An overjoyed Sakuma decides that
the team will present a synchronised swimming
performance at the school festival. The
five members are taken aback... |
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The Story Beyond the Fence is a multi media
documentary which tells the story of a group
of Australian children visiting Japan to take
part in a children’s theatre festival.
By using multiple layers of narration, interviews,
music, photographs and video, The Story Beyond
the Fence is an honest account of how the
children view their experiences in Japan. |
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photo to enlarge |
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©
The Japan Foundation, Sydney 2004-2005 |
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