Athlete

2/4/20201h 28m

Physical Release (US)

~ I want to live my life being me. ~

Overview:

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

Director:

Takamasa Oe

Status:

Released

Language:

Japanese

Buget:

$0.00

Revenue:

$0.00

Key words:

divorce
twink
lgbt
closeted homosexual
gay theme
boys' love (bl)

Cast

Joe Nakamura

~ as ~

Kaido Kōhei

Kondo Yohdi

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Imaizumi Yūtaka (Yūta)

Reina Tasaki

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Kaido Mizuna

Yoshiaki Umegaki

~ as ~

Priscilla

Minamoto Rai

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Mimosa

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Reviews (1)

CinemaSerf
Written 3 year(s) ago
6
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.