Beach Boys - Season 1
Beach Boys - Season 1
Beach Boys - Season 1
1997
Romance, Comedy
TV Season
Season 1 - Happy go lucky Hiromi gets kicked out of a Tokyo flat by his girlfriend, & heads for the seaside. Also near an out of the way beachside B&B and town is Kaito, a high flyer young businessman questioning his elite business way of life after a setback with a major client. The two fall together after the straight Kaito is intrigued by glimpses of Hiromi and his neverending struggle with his quirky tiny Renault. The two start work at a B&B run by aging surfer Masaru and his granddaughter Makoto. (imdb)
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Created by:
Yoshikazu Okada
17 total credits
Yoshikazu Okada has 17 credits at Criticker, including: Ima, ai ni yukimasu, If Cats Disappeared From the World, The Last 10 Years, Space Travelers and Oppai Volleyball
Starring:
Takashi Sorimachi 13 total credits
Takashi Sorimachi has 13 credits at Criticker, including: Fulltime Killer, Otoko-tachi no Yamato, GTO, GTO and Zatoichi: The Last
25 total credits
Ryôko Hirosue has 25 credits at Criticker, including: Okuribito, Wasabi, Hana to Alice, Goemon and Key of Life
7 total credits
Izumi Inamori has 7 credits at Criticker, including: Yo nimo kimyo na monogatari - Eiga no tokubetsuhen, Long Vacation, Cat's Eye, Beach Boys and The Way of the Househusband
18 total credits
Yutaka Takenouchi has 18 credits at Criticker, including: Shin Godzilla, Birds Without Names, Between Calmness and Passion, Oba, the last Samurai and The Last Recipe: Memory of Giraffe's Tongue
Ratings & Reviews
Episode #1.1 (1997)
- S1E1
Hiromi Sakurai wakes up in the back seat of his car, finding that it has been impounded. Earlier he had been kicked out by his girlfriend Fujiko who he'd been sponging off of. Meanwhile, Kaito Suzuki on his balcony recalls a business project gone sour. Hiromi asks a gas station attendant where he should go, and he suggests the beach. Kaito tells his girlfriend Sakura ...
Episode #1.2 (1997)
- S1E2
Kaito and Hiromi convince Sakura and Fujiko to come stay at Diamondhead. We learn from Fujiko that Hiromi used to be a top swimmer with Olympic medal hopes, but got injured just before, and had been taking time off ever since. Kaito asks Masaru why he'd opened Diamondhead, and Masaru says it was just something he wanted to do. "Simple is best." Masaru remains adamant ...
Episode #1.3 (1997)
- S1E3
Kaito returns to his job in Tokyo where he works overtime to revive the project he had masterminded to completion. Makoto finds a poem that Kaito had written under his bed. Masaru sends Hiromi to Tokyo to deliver his income tax forms. On the way though, Makoto pops out having stowed away in his car. They go to Kaito's company, but Kaito doesn't notice them at first, s...
Episode #1.4 (1997)
- S1E4
Kaito's former boss, Oozaki, shows up at Diamondhead, quite determined to convince Kaito to come back to work. Kaito phones Sakura asking her if he was wrong to quit, and she says of course he was wrong, but that she understands that working at Diamondhead is something he wanted to do. She had moved to a new apartment overlooking the ocean, so she could feel closer to...
Episode #1.5 (1997)
- S1E5
Hiromi Sakurai gets a call from Fujiko, apologizing for something. Then Shimizu shows up at the B&B explaining that his name is no longer just Shimuzu, but rather "the Shimuzu who only got to compete in the Olympics because Sakurai got injured." Yuuko overhears, and spreads the news around town, so now everywhere Hiromi goes he is showered with free gifts from worship...
Episode #1.6 (1997)
- S1E6
Kaito is excited because Sakura is to come to Diamondhead for the annual end of summer fireworks show. Sakura's friends Akiko and Hitomi arrive, but tell him that Sakura stayed at home, because having fun, and then having to leave would be too hard. Kaito and Hiromi find out that Haruko is secretly resewing her old yukata to give to Makoto. Haruko tells Hiromi and Kai...
Episode #1.7 (1997)
- S1E7
Masaru arrives back at Diamondhead with a middle-aged woman, Michie. Michie proceeds to set Hiromi, Kaito and Makoto to work cleaning up the B&B. Kaito's girlfriend Sakura arrives to find Kaito working the yakisoba stand, and she notes how he has become more outgoing. Michie sees Sakura, and sets her to work washing the floors and cooking. Sakura goes to bed early. Ka...
Episode #1.8 (1997)
- S1E8
One evening as things wind down, Kaito asks everyone when summer ends. Haruko says when autumn comes. Makoto says when school starts, but Kaito says he meant in a literary sense. Hiromi jokes that Kaito must be writing a new poem. Yuusuke has a big exam coming, so Kaito helps him study. Yuuko sulks in the bar, whining that she wants to go to Disneyland. Masaru is fidd...
Episode #1.9 (1997)
- S1E9
Haruko gets a letter from Kazuki, her ex husband. He is being transferred to Singapore, but has made a reservation at Diamondhead for their son, Haruki, and her to stay to meet for the first time in years. Kazuki remarried, and has not told Haruki that Haruko is his mother. Kazuki drops Haruki off, and Kaito drives Kazuki to the city. Kazuki works for a rival company,...
Episode #1.10 (1997)
- S1E10
The B&B is now empty, so Masaru takes Kaito and Hiromi on a fishing trip. They both envy Masaru. He has followed his dreams, while all they can say is that Kaito's company and Hiromi's swimming were not their dreams. Makoto has a parent teacher interview coming up, so she finally phones Keiko, and asks her to come to her school. Makoto explains she wants to go to a un...
Episode #1.11 (1997)
- S1E11
Kaito and Hiromi talk over Masaru's suggestion that they leave in search of their own 'ocean.' Kaito says he wasn't shocked, and felt that leaving was inevitable. Hiromi says that there is the first place he ever wanted to stay in, and so is disappointed to be told to leave. Masaru tries to surf, but wipes out, so he embarks on a training program with support from eve...
Episode #1.12 (1997)
- S1E12
Masaru has passed away. Keiko shows up for the funeral. Haruka asks if she can take over running Diamondhead, and raising Makoto, and Keiko agrees. Hiromi has fallen into a blue funk. Kaito finally confesses that the whole reason he quit his job was to come watch Hiromi. No matter how bad things got Hiromi would always laugh it off "since it's summer." Kaito felt Hiro...
Special (1998)
- S1E13
Kaito and Hiromi have both ended up on South Mariana Island without realizing that the other is there. Kaito is working catching dolphins to deliver to overseas aquariums. Hiromi stopped Izumi from killing herself, and she brought him to the island to run her father's hotel bar. Kaito and Hiromi bump into each other in the bar, and renew their friendship. Sakura and F...
Cast & Info
Created by:
Yoshikazu Okada 17 total credits
Yoshikazu Okada has 17 credits at Criticker, including: Ima, ai ni yukimasu, If Cats Disappeared From the World, The Last 10 Years, Space Travelers and Oppai Volleyball
Starring:
Takashi Sorimachi 13 total credits
Takashi Sorimachi has 13 credits at Criticker, including: Fulltime Killer, Otoko-tachi no Yamato, GTO, GTO and Zatoichi: The Last
25 total credits
Ryôko Hirosue has 25 credits at Criticker, including: Okuribito, Wasabi, Hana to Alice, Goemon and Key of Life
7 total credits
Izumi Inamori has 7 credits at Criticker, including: Yo nimo kimyo na monogatari - Eiga no tokubetsuhen, Long Vacation, Cat's Eye, Beach Boys and The Way of the Househusband
18 total credits
Yutaka Takenouchi has 18 credits at Criticker, including: Shin Godzilla, Birds Without Names, Between Calmness and Passion, Oba, the last Samurai and The Last Recipe: Memory of Giraffe's Tongue
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