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Swimming Prohibited (1989) | Slate

Rated 9.0 on TMDB

Swimming Prohibited

遊泳禁止

The film was made in a period of three weeks in the summer of 1989. It starts in a youth hostel somewhere in the mountains where Oki has a temporary job and continues in the outer suburbs of Osaka. A short silent film that Oki made in 1988 is included as a flashback in the film.

Released: 1989
Runtime: 1h 29m
Country: Japan
Language: Japanese

Direction and writing

Hiroyuki OkiDirector

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Hiroyuki Oki

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