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"High school girls play The Blue Hearts!"

2005 1h 55m JA

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7.6

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88%

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7.5

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★7.6TMDB · 178🍅88%Rotten Tomatoes●74Metacritic★7.5IMDB · 6,374

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Synopsis

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Only three days before the school festival, a newly formed high school band rushes to put together a set for their big show — including a hit single by '80s by the Japanese punk rock band The Blue Hearts.

“High school girls play The Blue Hearts!”

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Cast

Bae Doona
Son
Aki Maeda
Kyoko Yamada
Yuu Kashii
Kei Tachibana
Shiori Sekine
Nozomi Shirakawa
Takayo Mimura
Rinko
Shione Yukawa
Moe
Yuko Yamazaki
Nakajima
Masahiro Komoto
Koyama sensei

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Nobuhiro Yamashita
Writers: Wakako Miyashita, Nobuhiro Yamashita, Kosuke Mukai
Languages: Japanese, Korean
Countries: Japan

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ERA

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Released 21 years ago.

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WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: Japanese, Korean.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Nobuhiro Yamashita, shot by Yoshihiro Ikeuchi. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by James Iha. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Ryuji Miyajima shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Bae Doona and Aki Maeda and Yuu Kashii carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "High school girls play The Blue Hearts!".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0468795 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Nobuhiro Yamashita directs. Yoshihiro Ikeuchi behind the camera. James Iha scores. Ryuji Miyajima cuts. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese, Korean.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Released 21 years ago.
2Dialogue crosses 2 languages: Japanese, Korean.
3Directed by Nobuhiro Yamashita, shot by Yoshihiro Ikeuchi. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by James Iha. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Ryuji Miyajima shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Bae Doona and Aki Maeda and Yuu Kashii carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "High school girls play The Blue Hearts!".
8IMDB entry: tt0468795 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Classified under 12 themes, including "japan", "school", "rock band", "schoolgirl".