High☆Speed!: Free! Starting Days

2015 1h 50m JA

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6.9

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★6.9TMDB · 57

AnimationDramaComedy

Synopsis

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Middle school freshmen Haruka and Makoto join the school swim team, and have to join forces with their new teammates to win.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Koki Uchiyama
Ikuya Kirishima (voice)
Nobunaga Shimazaki
Haruka Nanase (voice)
Tatsuhisa Suzuki
Makoto Tachibana (voice)
Satomi Sato
Nagisa Hazuki (voice)
Kenji Nojima
Natsuya Kirishima (voice)
Mamoru Miyano
Rin Matsuoka (voice)
Yoko Hikasa
Rei Ryuugazaki (voice)
Chihiro Suzuki
Kisumi Shigino (voice)

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Yasuhiro Takemoto
Writers: Maiko Nishioka, Yasuhiro Takemoto, Taichi Ishidate
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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ERA

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Released 11 years ago.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "Free! Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Yasuhiro Takemoto, shot by Kazuya Takao. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Tatsuya Kato. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Kengo Shigemura shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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6 / 8

CAST

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Koki Uchiyama and Nobunaga Shimazaki and Tatsuhisa Suzuki carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt4872210 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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8 / 8

WILD

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Only 57 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Yasuhiro Takemoto directs. Kazuya Takao behind the camera. Tatsuya Kato scores. Kengo Shigemura cuts. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Released 11 years ago.
2Part of the "Free! Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
3Directed by Yasuhiro Takemoto, shot by Kazuya Takao. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Tatsuya Kato. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Kengo Shigemura shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Koki Uchiyama and Nobunaga Shimazaki and Tatsuhisa Suzuki carry the top of the cast.
7IMDB entry: tt4872210 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Only 57 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Cinematography: Kazuya Takao
Original score: Tatsuya Kato
Editing: Kengo Shigemura
Runtime: 110 min · 1h 50m
Status: Released
Original language: JA
Certification (US): 6
IMDB: High☆Speed!: Free! Starting Days (2015)

Part of

Free! Collection

Nanase Haruka, whose high school life has become gloomy, suddenly meets his former comrade Matsuoka Rin one day. However, currently, Matsuoka Rin has a completely different personality from before. At the same time, Rin faces Haruka, and a challenge was presented, which resulted in Rin winning. Taking this as an opportunity, hoping to have a chance to see Rin again during the competition, Haruka accepted Hazuki Nagisa's proposal to create a swimming club, and decided to regroup with Tachibana Makoto and Hazuki Nagisa who are currently in the same school, and add new member Ryuzaki Rei, reviving the aquatics club of Iwatobi High School that was previously abandoned. A boy high school student full of energy unfolds this story about swimming, youth, and bonds...