Linda Linda Linda (2005)

User Rating:

7.9/10   

Director:

Nobuhiro Yamashita

Writers:

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

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
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		(writer) &
Wakako Miyashita		(writer) &
Nobuhiro Yamashita		(writer)

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
Shotaro Kobayashi	....	second assistant director
Yuki Kondo	....	first assistant director
Akira Osaki	....	associate 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)

Runtime:

Japan:114 min

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Color:

Color

Certification:

South Korea:12 | Japan:U

Filming Locations:

Japan

Company:

Bitters End

wow.

please ignore the other comment . this movie is simple and effective. i saw it during the festival du nouveau cinema in montreal. i just randomly picked it even if the synopsis didn't seem that interesting...

set in japan, its about 4 teenage girls who form a rock band so that they can play a song at their school festival. the characters are well developed. the images are reallllly nice.(a la jim jarmusch) its like a teen movie made for people who don't usually like teen movies. the pace is a bit slower than usual teen movies but its much more mature and still ends up being funny.

plus, the soundtrack, by james iha (ex-smashingpumpkins), is quite good

go see it. or rent it or whatever.