Linda Linda Linda (2005)

Director:

Nobuhiro Yamashita

Writers:

Kôsuke Mukai &
Wakako Miyashita ...
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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

Doona Bae	...	Son - vocalist
Aki Maeda	...	Kyoko Yamada (drummer)
Yuu Kashii	...	Kei Tachibana - Guitarist
Shiori Sekine	...	Nozomi Shiroko (bassist)
Takayo Mimura	...	Rinko
Shione Yukawa	...	Moe
Yuko Yamazaki	...	Nakajima
Masahiro Kômoto	...	Koyama sensei
Ken'ichi Matsuyama	...	Makihara
Katsuya Kobayashi	...	Kazuya
Keisuke Koide	...	Abe
Masaki Miura	...	Maezono
Lily	...	Kei's mother
Kaori Fujii	...	Nakayama sensei
Kôen Kondô
Pierre Taki	...	Pierre
Hiroshi Yamamoto	...	Studio Employee
Takeshi Yamamoto	...	Karaoke Employee
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jason Gray	...	Ramones Member
Tatsuya Hamagami	...	Iijima
Akifumi Miura	...	Ishikawa
Saori Sekino

Directed by
Nobuhiro Yamashita

Writing credits
Kôsuke Mukai		&
Wakako Miyashita		&
Nobuhiro Yamashita

Produced by
Hiroyuki Negishi	....	producer
Yuji Sadai	....	producer

Original Music by
James Iha

Cinematography by
Yoshihiro Ikeuchi

Film Editing by
Ryuji Miyajima

Production Design by
Ayako Matsuo

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Go Kinomoto	....	third assistant director
Shôtarô Kobayashi	....	second assistant director
Yuki Kondo	....	first assistant director
Akira Osaki	....	associate director
Hideaki Satô	....	assistant director

Sound Department
Hiromichi Kori	....	sound

Production Companies

• Bitters End
• Covers & Co.
• Vap/Cave

Distributors

• Viz Pictures (2006) (USA) (theatrical) (subtitled)
• Viz Pictures (2007) (USA) (theatrical)
• Video Audio Project (VAP) (2006) (Japan) (DVD)
• Viz Media (2007) (USA) (DVD)
• Viz Pictures (2007) (USA) (DVD)

Other Companies

• Cord Fukusou  costume cooperation
• Studio P.O.A.C  costume cooperation

Also Known As:

Runtime:

Japan:114 min

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Japan:U | South Korea:12 | Australia:PG

Filming Locations:

Japan

Company:

Bitters End

Goofs:

Continuity: When the girls pop their party-poppers, they quickly let them drop to the floor. The next scene, from reverse angle, shows them still holding the used poppers.

Warm, sweet and loud

Saw this yesterday at the London Film Festival, and as a fan of The Blue Hearts, I wasn't disappointed. Four schoolgirls start a covers band so they can play at the school festival, and have to overcome a tight time-limit and personal dramas before they get there.

The film is beautifully acted and shot, and totally sweet from start to finish. At two hours it's a tad over-long, but some mesmeric camera-work and subtle humour helps it along nicely. The casting is superb, with every character believable and captivating. And of course the music's fantastic - the title song gets played to death but it's still a cool cover of a great Japanese punk song, and James Iha of Smashing Pumpkins does a brilliant job with the incidental music.

I'm so glad this film got an English sub, and considering how quickly the tickets sold out for these two London screenings, a full release would be warmly welcomed. Highly recommended.