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Taiikukan Baby
, also known as ''Gymnasium Baby'', is a 2008 Japanese film directed by Yoshihiro Fukagawa and based on the novel of the same name by Keiko Kanome. The film stars Yūichi Nakamura as Jun Shibahara, Yūta Takahashi as Naoki Murai and Shō Kubo as Shōichi Kato. The film was released on May 10, 2008. The movie also has a sister film premiered simultaneously titled ''Classmates'', which is composed of the same cast but with different plot and without BL themes. Plot Jun Shibahara is a high school student with high expectations for swimming, but as the team coach's son he is nicknamed "Taiikukan Baby" (gymnasium baby) and no one believes his position is due to his own merits. Jun also must deal with constant rumors that his father got his late mother pregnant (who was one of his students) and never married her, another reason why he is nicknamed like that. After being diagnosed with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, Jun is forced to stop swimming and loses all reason to exist. During h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yoshihiro Fukagawa
is a Japanese film director. His film ''Into the White Night'' was screened in the Main Programme of the Panorama section at the 61st Berlin International Film Festival. In an interview, Fukagawa explains that there have been many versions of ''Into the White Night'', but he wanted to challenge himself and create his own rendition. Through his film, he wanted to focus on the more emotional and human feelings, while retaining the logic expressed in the novel. Filmography * ''Classmates'' (2008) * '' Taiikukan Baby'' (2008) * '' Looking Up at the Half Moon'' (2010) * ''Into the White Night'' (2011) * '' Patisserie Coin de rue'' (2011) * '' In His Chart'' (2011) * '' In His Chart 2'' (2014) * ''Sagrada Reset: Part 1'' (2017) * ''Sagrada Reset: Part 2'' (2017) * ''Restaurant from the Sky'' (2019) * ''The Legacy of Dr. Death: Black File'' (2020) * ''Love Like the Falling Petals ''Love Like the Falling Petals'' is a 2022 Japanese film directed by Yoshihiro Fukagawa and written by Tom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |