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DramaRomance

Athlete

- I want to live my life being me.

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

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

Joe Nakamura

Character Name : Kaido Kōhei

Original Name : Joe Nakamura

Gender : Male

Kondo Yohdi

Character Name : Imaizumi Yūtaka (Yūta)

Original Name : Kondo Yohdi

Gender : Male

Reina Tasaki

Character Name : Kaido Mizuna

Original Name : 田崎礼奈

Gender : Female

Yoshiaki Umegaki

Character Name : Priscilla

Original Name : 梅垣義明

Gender : Male

Minamoto Rai

Character Name : Mimosa

Original Name : Minamoto Rai

Gender : Male

Reviews

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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.