Yes, I Can't Swim (2022)
Yuji Takanashi is a university philosophy professor who can't swim. Making awkward justifications to himself about the relationship between water and people, still he decides on the spur of the moment to enroll in a swimming class. There he encounters the teacher Shizuka Usuhara, who ignores his last-minute hesitation and enrolls him.
Director: Kensaku Watanabe
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Hiroki Hasegawa as Yuji Takanashi |
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Haruka Ayase as Shizuka Usuhara |
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Kaoru Kobayashi as Professor Kamoshita |
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Junko Abe as Namie |
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Kumiko Aso as Miyako |
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Hiroko Isayama as Hibari Sasaki |
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Yuriko Hirooka as Atsuko Ashino |
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Fusako Urabe as Yuko Tachibana |
| Directing | Kensaku Watanabe | Director |
| Writing | Kensaku Watanabe | Writer |
| Production | Takatoshi Aruga | Producer |
| Lighting | Kenichi Mizuno | Gaffer |
| Art | Daichi Watanabe | Production Design |
| Editing | Mototaka Kusakabe | Editor |
| Sound | Takuma Watanabe | Original Music Composer |
| Directing | Masashi Iijima | Assistant Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ayano Tachibana | Costumer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Michiyo Miyauchi | Makeup & Hair |
| Sound | Kiyoshi Kakizawa | Sound Recordist |
| Camera | Norimichi Kasamatsu | Director of Photography |
| Production | 孫家邦 | Development Manager |