Swimming in a Sand Pool

Name: Swimming in a Sand Pool
Genre: Drama
Cast: Saki Hamao, Reia Nakayoshi, Mikuri Kiyota, Sumire Hanaoka, Rina Miura

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2024

1h 27m

Drama

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Maxance Vincent

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07/13/2025

3.5/4

Yamashita succeeds in asking cogent questions that aren’t usually explored with this much depth and finesse in traditional coming-of-age stories.

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Mark Schilling

Japan Times

05/09/2024

3/5

Best known for Linda, Linda, Linda, his rousing 2005 hit about a schoolgirl rock band, Yamashita draws appealingly natural performances from his cast of young newcomers.

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Nobuhiro Yamashita

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Saki Hamao

Kokoro

Reia Nakayoshi

Miku

Mikuri Kiyota

Chizuru

Sumire Hanaoka

Yui

Rina Miura

Rinka

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Director: Nobuhiro Yamashita
Producer: Yūsuke Terada, Kazuaki Kubo
Screenwriter: Yumeka Nakata
Production Co: Leone Co,Ltd.
Genre: Drama
Original Language: Japanese
Runtime: 1h 27m

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