Name: Beach Boys
Released: 1997-07-07T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Takashi Sorimachi, Yutaka Takenouchi, Ryoko Hirosue

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Hiromi and Kaito end up in a guesthouse run by an ageing surfer and his granddaughter Makoto. The summer passes amidst the comings and goings of guests, each one gradually discovering the others.

Drama · 1997 · 1 hr 11 min

Starring Takashi Sorimachi , Yutaka Takenouchi , Ryoko Hirosue

EPISODE 1

夏、変な奴がやって来た・・・同時に二人も

A recently dumped free spirit and an unlucky businessman unexpectedly meet on the way to a beach and start staying at a small guest house by the sea.

1 hr 10 min · Jul 7, 1997
EPISODE 2

私、ここにいたい

Kaito's girlfriend comes to the Diamond Head, as does Hiromi's ex; that night, Kaito learns that Hiromi was once a swimmer with Olympic aspirations.

46 min · Jul 14, 1997
EPISODE 3

彼が残した忘れ物

Kaito returns to his company to work on a project; Hiromi sets out for Tokyo to do a favor for Masaru but finds an unexpected passenger in his car.

46 min · Jul 21, 1997
EPISODE 4

優しさのある場所

Kaito's former boss arrives at the guest house to find out why Kaito would give up his career; Makoto learns that Masaru wants her to meet her mother.

46 min · Jul 28, 1997
EPISODE 5

やって来た渚のライバル

A man arrives at the Diamond Head saying he's the swimmer who went to the Olympics in Hiromi's place and that he wants to settle things with a race.

46 min · Aug 4, 1997
EPISODE 6

それは花火で始まった

Ahead of an annual fireworks show, Kaito feels dejected when Sakura decides not to come; Haruko alters an old summer robe to give to Makoto.

46 min · Aug 11, 1997