Linda Linda Linda (2005)

User Rating:

7.8/10   

Director:

Nobuhiro Yamashita

Writers:

Kôsuke Mukai (writer) &
Wakako Miyashita (writer) ...

Release Date:

23 July 2005 (Japan)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Music

Plot:

A music group of girls need to learn to play a song before the school festival. |

Plot Keywords:

Repetition In Title

Awards:

1 win & 4 nominations

Cast

Du-na Bae	...	Son - vocalist
Aki Maeda	...	Kyoko Yamada (drummer)
Yu Kashii	...	Kei Tachibana - Guitarist
Shiori Sekine	...	Nozomi Shiroko (bassist)
Takayo Mimura	...	Rinko
Shione Yukawa	...	Moe
Yuko Yamazaki	...	Nakajima
Masahiro Komoto	...	Koyama sensei
Ken'ichi Matsuyama	...	Makihara
Katsuya Kobayashi	...	Kazuya
Keisuke Koide	...	Abe
Masaki Miura	...	Maezono
Lily	...	Kei's mother
Kaori Fujii	...	Nakayama sensei
Koen Kondo

Runtime:

Japan:114 min

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Color:

Color

Certification:

South Korea:12 | Japan:U

Filming Locations:

Japan

Company:

Bitters End

3 chords and sass: Just you and me, punk rock girl.

I just saw this film at the Toronto Film Fest and this is what Josie and The Pussycats should have been. This charming little Japanese film will have you singing the Blue Hearts title song over and over. A group of aspiring teenage girls form a band to perform for the high school rock festival, can they get it together? Kudos to Nobuhiro Yamashita for putting together such a cute and impressive cast of young women who make up the band who are all skilled actresses. This is a sweet film that will win over any teenage girl who ever thought that they could start an indie band (but also wins over an adult crowd with it's modest charm and it's humor). Fans of Japanese female bands like Shonen Knife and the 5678s will also dig this film I think.

BAE Du-Na (Sympathy For Mr. Vengeance, Take Care of My Cat) as Song wins my vote as the most endearing oddball in this film who wins you over with her big eyes and teenage awkwardness (not to mention a lot of funny misunderstandings because she is a Korean exchange student who speaks little Japanese). Generally this is a movie that will be talked about a lot I think when it gets a full release. Hands down one of the best at the Toronto fest this year (2005).