Bataashi Kingyo (1990)

Original title

バタアシ金魚

Directed by

Joji Matsuoka

Genre

teen film

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 35m

Rating

4.2 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A teenage boy develops a crush on a girl at his school. He tries to find ways to get close to her and express his feelings.

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What happens

Bataashi Kingyo (バタアシ金魚; "Flutter Kick Goldfish") is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Minetarō Mochizuki. It was serialized in Kodansha's seinen manga magazine Weekly Young Magazine from 1985 to 1988. A live-action film adaptation, directed by Joji Matsuoka, premiered in June 1990. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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