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Hai oyogemasen

Hai oyogemasen poster
Genre
essay
Country
Japan

How it feels

This film follows a person who cannot swim as they explore what it means to be a non-swimmer in Japan. It is an essay-like documentary that reflects on personal experience and cultural attitudes toward swimming.

reflectivewrygentleobservantself-awareunderstatedquietpersonal

What happens

『はい、泳げません』(はい およげません)は、髙橋秀実によるエッセイ。水泳読本としては初の「泳げない」人による著作となっており、2005年6月に新潮社から刊行されたのち、2007年12月1日に文庫化された。 2022年6月に映画版が公開された。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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