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November 1988 (Turkey) morePlot:
Young female rock singer is not appreciated by her band, gets postcard from Japan saying "wish you were here"... more | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
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Realistic and fairly entertaining look at gaijin's life in Japan moreCast
(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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The band performing during the movie is X, which later became X Japan. moreSoundtrack:
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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.