Classmates (2008 film) explained

Classmates
Director:Yoshihiro Fukagawa
Producer:Takashi Ōhashi
Hirofumi Ogoshi
Midori Okude
Ryūtarō Ueda
Screenplay:Yoshihiro Fukagawa
Keiko Kanome
Starring:Yūichi Nakamura
Mirei Kiritani
Yūta Takahashi
Shō Kubo
Nanami Sakuraba
Makoto Kawahara
Tomoya Nagai
Ema Fujisawa
Ikkei Watanabe
Music:Mamiko Hirai
Cinematography:Hikaru Yasuda
Editing:Tsuyoshi Wada
Studio:SPO Entertainment
Distributor:SPO Entertainment
Runtime:86 minutes
Country:Japan
Language:Japanese

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, Mirei Kiritani as Nozomi Hayakawa and Yūta Takahashi as Naoki Murai. The film was released on May 10, 2008.[1] The movie also has a sister film premiered simultaneously titled Taiikukan Baby, which is composed of the same cast but with different plot and with BL themes.[2]

Plot

Jun Shibahara is the best in the school's swimming team. One day, he passes out and in the hospital, he is diagnosed with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, forcing him to retire from swimming. Jun loses all reason to exist and falls in depression. Suddenly though, he receives an email to his cellphone by someone else named Jun. They start emailing each other more and soon friendship becomes love. This makes Jun realize that swimming is not everything in life and they decide to go to the same university. However, happiness soon becomes tragedy.

Cast

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 同級生(2008). All Cinema. July 26, 2018.
  2. Web site: 体育館ベイビー. Eiga. July 26, 2018.