Classmates (2008 film)

Classmates
Directed byYoshihiro Fukagawa
Screenplay byYoshihiro Fukagawa
Keiko Kanome
Based onDōkyūsei
by Keiko Kanome
Produced byTakashi Ōhashi
Hirofumi Ogoshi
Midori Okude
Ryūtarō Ueda
StarringYūichi Nakamura
Mirei Kiritani
Yūta Takahashi
Shō Kubo
Nanami Sakuraba
Makoto Kawahara
Tomoya Nagai
Ema Fujisawa
Ikkei Watanabe
CinematographyHikaru Yasuda
Edited byTsuyoshi Wada
Music byMamiko Hirai
Production
company
SPO Entertainment
Distributed bySPO Entertainment
Release date
  • 10 May 2008 (2008-05-10) (Japan)
Running time
86 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

Classmates (同級生, Dōkyūsei) 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

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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

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References

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  1. ^ "同級生(2008)". All Cinema. Retrieved July 26, 2018.
  2. ^ "体育館ベイビー". Eiga. Retrieved July 26, 2018.
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