Tadano High School has never had a proper swim team, and when pretty new teacher Sakuna decides to coach one, she decides to set up a male synchronised swimming team. Bad news is, Sakuna is pregnant and has to go on maternity leave. Determined not to let the coach down, the five members of the team vow to take down the Summer Festival! Offbeat, light-hearted and unabashedly silly, Waterboys is the kind of comedy that can come from Japan and nowhere else.
日本 Japan / 2001 / 90 min /
日語對白，中英文字幕 In Japanese with Chinese & English subtitles
導演 Dir : 矢口史靖 Shinobu Yaguchi
演員 Cast : 妻夫木聰 Akira Emoto、玉木宏 Aya Hirayama、三蒲哲郎 Hiroki Hoshino、竹中直人 Naoto Takenaka
Ping Pong is probably the most extravagant celebration of a childhood game ever committed to film. Based on Taiyo Matsumoto's popular manga, it is the story of two table tennis players, cocksure Peco and his retiring mate "Smile", as they prepare for a major high school tournament. Director Fumihiko Sori uses an array of technical tricks (slow motions and speeded-up sequences) to capture the energy and the agony of the game. Stunning stylistics aside, the film also offers perceptive understanding of male social hierarchies.
日本 Japan / 2004 / 114 min /
日語對白，中英文字幕 In Japanese with Chinese & English subtitles
導演 Dir : 曾利文彥 Fumihiko Sori
演員 Cast : 窪塚洋介 Yosuke Kubozuka、李燦森 Sam Lee、中村獅童 Shido Nakamura
Marathon is the feature debut of writer-director Jeong Yoon-chul that tells the story of Cho-won, an autistic boy with a dedicated yet a tad overprotective mother. The film is based on the true story of a young Korean man with autism who has completed several marathons, and is the current record holder for the fastest time in a triathlon. Thanks to a skilful blend of light comedy and melodrama and strong performances from the cast, a box office smash in Korea.
南韓 South Korea / 2005 / 117 min /
韓語對白，中英文字幕 In Korean with Chinese & English subtitles
導演 Dir : 鄭胤澈 Yoon-Chul Jeong
演員 Cast : 曹承佑 Seung-Woo Cho、金美淑 Mi-Suk Kim
Keira Knightley had her big break in this film, but Bend it Like Beckham is really the story of Parminder Nagra’s character Jess, a British-born daughter of Sikh parents. Jess's passion for soccer puts her at odds with her parents who, while not hidebound traditionalists, nonetheless think sports are an improper pastime for an almost-grown teenager with marriage and university to think about. Director Chadha acknowledges the inter-generational conflicts, but chooses to go for an uplift resolution, resulting in a film that is packed with energy and warmth.
英話對白，中文字幕 In English with Chinese subtitles
導演 Dir : 古莉查夏 Gurinder Chadha
演員 Cast : 姬拉麗莉 Keira Knightley、柏米達娜加 Parminder Nagra、尊立頓麥亞斯 Jonathan Rhys Meyers
