Directed by: Hideta Takahata, Shuta Tanaka
-Drama, Japan
Starring:
Minsu
Joonho
Jun
Shuta
Gyumin
Saki Asamiya
Kaoru Hirata
Momo Shiina
Rina Koyama
Erica Tonooka
Hitomi Miyake
Sayaka Tashiro
Rie Fujiwara
Yoshihiro Nozoe
Houka Kinoshita
Hiroshi Yamamoto
Hiroki Konno
My rating: 5
Per Japan Film Festival 2015:
The story unfolds in Harajuku, the melting pot of Tokyo and the forefront of popular sub-cultures transmitted everywhere. The lives of many young and dream-filled eccentrics intersect. Teenyboppers, narcissists, tourists, and workers from various countries – cutting-edge filmmaker Shuta Tanaka humorously captures the amalgamation of cultures found in today’s Harajuku in an ensemble cast comedy.
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My two-bits:
This was a fun flick that brings you into the young hip and happening fashion and food scene of Harajuku in Tokyo.
Also included: some martial arts and sighting of Korean boy band idols from Bee Shuffle
* part of the J-Pop Summit Film Festival 2015 in SF
* part of my Armchair Summer Travel (details) - check it out to enter Armchair Summer Travel Book Box Giveaway
* made me want to visit country? Harajuku, Tokyo, Japan - yes!
Most scenes take place in and around shops in Harajuku. Fun place to people watch.
