Athlete

2019

DramaRomance

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

"I want to live my life being me."

Rating

6
13 votes

Popularity

0.4491

Origin & Countries

JP | ja | Japan

Production

キャナル,モバコン株式会社,株式会社ネクシブ

Runtime

88 min.

Status

Released

Release: 8/3/2019

Credits

Athlete

Takamasa OeDirector

Athlete

Joe NakamuraKaido Kōhei

Athlete

Kondo YohdiImaizumi Yūtaka (Yūta)

Athlete

Reina TasakiKaido Mizuna

Athlete

Yoshiaki UmegakiPriscilla

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Reviews

CinemaSerf

3/28/2022

6 / 10

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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