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Director:
Fran Rubel Kuzui
Writers:
Lynn Grossman (writer)
Fran Rubel Kuzui (writer)
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Release Date:
November 1988 (Turkey) more
Genre:
Comedy more
Plot:
Young female rock singer is not appreciated by her band, gets postcard from Japan saying "wish you were here"... more | add synopsis
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User Comments:
Realistic and fairly entertaining look at gaijin's life in Japan more

Cast

  (Credited cast)
Carrie Hamilton ... Wendy Reed
Diamond Yukai ... Hiro Yamaguchi (as Yutaka Tadokoro)
Hiroshi Kobayashi ... Kaz
Hiroshi Sugita
Satoshi Kanai
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
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
Tetsuro Tamba ... Mr. Dota
Taiji Tonoyama ... Grandpa
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Additional Details

Country:
USA | Japan
Language:
English | Japanese
Color:
Color (TVC)
Sound Mix:
Dolby
Certification:
Iceland:L | USA:R
Filming Locations:
Tokyo, Japan

Fun Stuff

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The band performing during the movie is X, which later became X Japan. more
Soundtrack:
Never Forget more

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Realistic and fairly entertaining look at gaijin's life in Japan, 31 August 2000
Author: Dan Harkless from Irvine, California

This is a cute little film. Ultimately it doesn't really go anywhere, but at the very least it's an extremely realistic portrayal of what it'd be like to suddenly fly to Japan with no friends there, no command of the language, no knowledge of the culture and conventions, etc. I suppose part of the reason the film succeeds so well in this is that it's a Japanese-U.S. co-production.

One of the best parts of the movie is the soundtrack. The track by the new wave band that the main character is in at the beginning of the movie is very nice, but "Rakuen, Rakuen" by Papaya Paranoia is wonderful! Even better is being able to watch P.P. perform -- just too bad they didn't include the whole number. So much energy and adorableness from this all-girl Japanese rock band.

The real shame is that the soundtrack's out-of-print worldwide. The Papaya Paranoia track is not available on their other albums, which are hard enough to come by as it is.

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