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15 September 2001 (Japan) morePlot:
In a Japanese school, 5 adolescent geeks join the new sport teacher and take up the challenge to take part in the competition, in spite of the mockeries of the "real sportsmen". | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
High School Athlete
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Dolphin Trainer
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Unusual Method Of Training
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Synchronized Swimming
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High School Friends
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3 wins & 6 nominations moreNewsDesk:
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Happy Flight review (From Twitch. 2 December 2008, 5:31 AM, PST)
From WATERBOYS To SWING GIRLS to HAPPY FLIGHT! The Teaser For Yaguchi’s Latest Is In The Air …
(From Twitch. 16 September 2008, 8:52 AM, PDT)
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And I thought Chaplin was the funniest moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Satoshi Tsumabuki | ... | Suzuki | |
| Hiroshi Tamaki | ... | Sato | |
| Akifumi Miura | ... | Ohta | |
| Koen Kondo | ... | Kanazawa | |
| Takatoshi Kaneko | ... | Saotome | |
| Aya Hirayama | ... | Shizuko Kiuchi | |
| Kaori Manabe | ... | Mrs. Sakuma | |
| Takashi Kawamura | ... | Ikeuchi | |
| Hiroshi Matsunaga | ... | Mochizuki | |
| Yûya Nishikawa | ... | Sakamoto | |
| Katsuyuki Yamazaki | ... | Yama-chan | |
| Taiyô Sugiura | ... | Taiyô | |
| Koutarou Tanaka | ... | Koutarou | |
| Makoto Ishihara | ... | Makoto | |
| Naoshi Saitô | ... | Naoshi |
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"Waterboys" is the featured film on the opening night in this year's Eiga Sai in Manila. I didn't anticipate I would be laughing my toxins out. It's a hilarious movie. I thought I'd never laugh so hard again after watching a Charlie Chaplin movie years back. This Japanese film is incredibly and enjoyably funny. It totally amazes me how the Japanese are able to evoke the whole range of emotions in their audience, i.e., laughter in comedy films, profound sadness in drama. (I still haven't gotten over the heartache from watching "Grave of the Fireflies".) "Waterboys" has a very simple plot. It would have been banal and jejune in the hands of an ordinary storyteller. The storytelling technique was effortless, but the use of slow motion matched with a perfect comedic timing produced a remarkably hilarious film. To be able to make people laugh from one's belly and in so many continuous fractions of a minute is a gift. "Waterboys" cast and crew are gifted. I've never cracked up so hard in my whole life. The adrenalin kick from watching it is yet to subside. One disadvantage: I don't know if any Hollywood comedy films can ever make me laugh again.