（C）角川映画株式会社

JCC CINEMA MOVIE SCREENING & SHARING SESSION

DIVE!!

Saturday, 25 August 2012
2:00pm to 5:00pm
(Registration starts at 1:30pm)

The Japan Creative Centre invites you to join us at our JCC film screening and creative session. As part of JCC's creative program, we will be screening exciting Japanese movies at the end of every month. The screening will then be followed by an informative sharing session where guest speakers will share their thoughts and insights on all things Japanese!

For our 13th session, we will be screening "DIVE!!", a Japanese movie based on Eto Mori's novel and directed by Naoto Kumazawa. The movie is about a young diving team whose sights are set on competing in the Olympics. The story focuses on three of the divers, on how they train and how it changes their personality.

Our special speaker for this month will be Mr. Barry Prime, Head Coach of the swimming department at Singapore Sports School. He will be sharing with us his experience in the field and in relation to the movie.

Synopsis of Film

Director: Naoto Kumazawa
Cast: Kento Hayashi, Sosuke Ikematsu, Junpei Mizobata, Asaka Seto

Tomoki Sakai (Kento Hayashi) is your average junior-high student. Fascinated by the diving skills of Yoichi Fujitani (Sosuke Ikemaytsu), an elite athlete born into a family of former Olympic divers, Tomoki joins the Mizuki Diving Club (MDC) where Yoichi trains. However, the club is in the red, and its very survival is under question. Beautiful Kayoko Asaki (Asaka Seto) has just returned from the US and joins the club as a new coach, with the mission to save MDC. Her goal is for the club to produce an athlete capable of competing in the Olympics. She brings in Shibuki Okitsu (Junpei Mizobata), a skillful diver with a wild streak from Tsugaru. His volcanic personality and fierce competitiveness change the atmosphere in the club. Meanwhile, Kayoko discovers that Tomoki possesses a unique ability called “diamond eyes” and inspires him to begin serious training. Tomoki, Yoichi and Shibuki have to overcome personal problems, and struggle through conflicts and setbacks in the sport to achieve their dreams. Can they make it to the Olympics? What is the mystery of the “diamond eyes”? What do the boys see from the edge of their physical limits?

The hot summer of three boys hooked on the thrill of diving is about to begin.

About the Speaker

Mr. Barry Prime, as a swimmer, represented Great Britain at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games and is now recognised as an International Olympic Coach.

He coached some of Great Britain’s major swimming programmes and swimmers prior to moving to Australia in 1993 to take up an appointment at the Australian Institute of Sport where he remains the longest-serving AIS swimming coach.

He has the experience of coaching international swimmers to podium success at the Commonwealth Games, European Championships, Goodwill Games, Pan Pacific Championships, Asian Games, World Championships and the Olympic Games. He moved to Singapore in 2008 and joined Singapore Sports School in 2010 as the Head Coach of the swimming department.

For registration, please kindly register here early for a seat to avoid disappointment! Registration closes once we have a full house! ALL EVENTS ARE FREE OF CHARGE.