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November 1988 (Turkey)
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Young female rock singer is not appreciated by her band, gets postcard from Japan saying "wish you were here"...
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Charming and honest.
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Cast
(Credited cast) | Carrie Hamilton | ... | Wendy Reed |
| Diamond Yukai | ... | Hiro Yamaguchi (as Yutaka Tadokoro) |
| Hiroshi Kobayashi | ... | Kaz |
| Hiroshi Sugita | ||
| Satoshi Kanai | ||
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| Toshimitsu Deyama | ... | Toshi |
| Yoshiki Hayashi | ... | Yoshiki |
| Tomoaki Ishizuka | ... | Pata |
 | Rome Kanda | ... | Minoru |
| Hideto Matsumoto | ... | Hide |
| Hiroshi Mikami | ... | Club Manager |
| Taiji Sawada | ... | Taiji |
| Toki Shiozawa | ... | Mama-san |
| Tetsurô Tanba | ... | Mr. Dota |
| Taiji Tonoyama | ... | Grandpa |
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The band performing during the movie is X, which later became X Japan.
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Never Forget
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There's a very rare honesty and charm to "Tokyo Pop." Although I never knew the music scene in Japan, so much in the movie is immediately recognizable from life: The naivete on many sides. The fun of being exotic for a while and the uses made of it. The value for Westerners of being in Japan for a while; the sterility of living there long-term (generally speaking). The harmless chintziness of much in Japan. A degree of gentleness. The story is believable and the characters endearing. In tune with the lightness of the movie, there are few of the crudest sorts of stupidity one is likely to run up against: Westerners who set themselves up as experts on everything under the sun. The Japanese love of grandiose abstractions; verbal bombast about uniqueness and subtlety. The extreme moral and intellectual obtuseness involved in occasionally hammering down nails that stick up. Or that if you are inclined to pithiness, then you too may be unsuited for life in Japan.