Sweet Poolside

Sweet Poolside
Cover of the first volume of manga.
スイートプールサイド
Manga
Written by Shūzō Oshimi
Published by Kodansha
Demographic Seinen, Shōnen
Magazine Young Magazine
Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine
Published 2004, 2011 (re-serialized)
Volumes 1
Live-action film
スイートプールサイド
Directed by Daigo Matsui
Produced by Toshihiro Takahashi
Written by Daigo Matsui
Released June 14, 2014 (2014-06-14)
Runtime 103 minutes

Sweet Poolside (スイートプールサイド) is a Japanese manga written and illustrated by Shūzō Oshimi. It was adapted into a live action film that was premiered theatrically in Japan on June 14, 2014.[1][2][3][4]

Plot

Toshihiko Ota (Kenta Suga) is a first year high school student. He is a member of the school's swimming club. He also suffers from not having enough body hair. Meanwhile, Ayako Goto (Yuiko Kariya) is also a fellow first year high school student and member of the same swimming club. She suffers from having too much hair. She confides to Toshihiko Ota about her "hairy" problem. A relationship soon develops as Toshihiko begins to shave her arm and leg hair.

Characters

  • Toshihiko Ōta - Kenta Suga
  • Ayako Gotō - Yuiko Kariya
  • Mitsuhiko Ota (Toshihiko’s older brother) - Shota Matsuda
  • Satoko Hokuyu (Mitsuhiko's girlfriend) - Mitsuki Tanimura
  • Teacher Takakura - Takayuki Kinoshita
  • Shigeo Goto - Go Riju
  • Senior Ninomiya - Motoki Ochiai
  • Mai Sakashita - Moe Arai
  • Taka Mimura - Taiga
  • Senior Nakayama - Kai Inowaki

References

  1. ↑ "Sweet Poolside Film by Flowers of Evil Creator Slated for June". Anime News Network. 2014-01-12. Retrieved 2014-01-13.
  2. ↑ "Sweet Poolside Manga by Flowers of Evil's Oshimi Gets Live-Action Film". Anime News Network. 2013-09-01. Retrieved 2014-01-13.
  3. ↑ スイートプールサイド. eiga.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 2014-01-13.
  4. ↑ Stephen Cremin (8 May 2014). "Wa! brings Japan to Florence and Milan". Film Business Asia. Retrieved 12 May 2014.


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