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Boy in the Pool

Boy in the Pool

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Boy in the Pool

2025

1h 29m

6.3(6 votes)

Romance

Drama

Overview

A girl who loves swimming meets a boy with webbed feet and falls in love with him. Over time, the girl gets conflicted between cheering for the boy as a promising swimmer and keeping herself from an inferiority complex. Eventually, the girl breaks up with him and loses her chance at love.

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Korean Academy of Film Arts

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Cast & crew

7 featured cast members

Starring

Hyowoo

Hyowoo

Seok-young

Lee Min-jae

Lee Min-jae

Woo-ju

Lee Ye-won

Lee Ye-won

Young Seok-young

Yang Hee-won

Yang Hee-won

Young Woo-ju

Kim Yi-jin

Da-hye

Kim Ja-young

Kim Ja-young

Kim Ji-won

Kim Ji-won

Creative team

Directed by: Ryu Yeon-su
Written by: Ryu Yeon-su
Produced by: Lee Gi-nam
Son Bit-na

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