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Athlete

- I want to live my life being me.

Kōhei is a former competitive swimmer who lives an ordinary life with his wife and high school daughter. One day, his wife suddenly asks him for a divorce. He then has a fateful encounter in Tokyo’s gay district, Shinjuku Ni-chōme, with a beautiful boy named Yūtaka. Yūtaka dreams of becoming an animator while working as an online chat boy. At the same time, he is struggling to tell his father that he is gay. They are both confused but eventually become attracted to each other. Then, they have sex. One day they make love, and the next day they hurt each other. Through these emotional ups and downs, their relationship grows deeper and deeper.

Release Date : 2019-08-03

Language :Japanese

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : キャナルモバコン株式会社株式会社ネクシブ

Production Country : Japan

Alternative Titles : Athlete

Cast

Character Name : Kaido Kōhei

Original Name : Joe Nakamura

Gender : Male

Character Name : Imaizumi Yūtaka (Yūta)

Original Name : Kondo Yohdi

Gender : Male

Character Name : Kaido Mizuna

Original Name : 田崎礼奈

Gender : Female

Character Name : Priscilla

Original Name : 梅垣義明

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mimosa

Original Name : Minamoto Rai

Gender : Male

Reviews

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2022-03-28

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.