Gymnasium Baby

Jun, the ace in his swimming team, lost against his rival, Naoki, at the summer college tournament. But since then there is a special feeling between them...

Cast

Yuichi Nakamura

as Shibahara Jun

Takahashi Yuuta

as Naoki Murai

Sho Kubo

as Shouichi Katou

Mirei Kiritani

as Hayakawa Nozomi (Jun)

Hitomi Miyauchi

as Hayakawa Yuki

Makoto Kawahara

as Hashima Hikari

Shirô Namiki

Ema Fujisawa

Ikkei Watanabe

as Shibahara Mamoru

Reviews

kinrich30

This isn't really much of a gay movie, although there is that element to it. The focus is on a high school senior who is on the swim team when he learns that he has a medical condition that forces him to quit the team. There is a member of the team that confesses that he loves him and also his child...

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