Tokyo Pop (1988)
1h 39m
Running Time
April 15, 1988Release Date
Tokyo Pop (1988)
1h 39m
Running Time
April 15, 1988Release Date
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Plot.
A young rock singer is not appreciated by her band, and gets a postcard from Japan saying "wish you were here". She takes what little money she has including ex-boyfriend's rent money and goes to Tokyo. She has numerous cross-cultural adventures and ends up singing with a Japanese rock group looking for a gaijin gimmick.
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Cast & Crew.
Carrie Hamilton
Wendy Reed
Diamond Yukai
Hiro Yamaguchi
Taiji Tonoyama
Grandfather
Tetsurō Tamba
Mr. Dota
Masumi Harukawa
Mother
Toki Shiozawa
Mama-san
Hiroshi Mikami
Club Manager
Michael Cerveris
Mike
Rikiya Yasuoka
Akira
Gina Belafonte
Holly
Daisuke Ohyama
Yoji (Keyboards)
Hiroshi Kobayashi
Kaz
Daisuke Ōyama
Yoji (Keyboards)
Hiroshi Sugita
Taro
Fran Rubel Kuzui
Director
Satoshi Kanai
Shun
Lynn Grossman
Writer
Senri Yamazaki
Aya
Kaz Kuzui
Producer
Hirofumi Hamada
Minoru
Kazuo Ishigaki
Chief Waiter
Alan Brewer
Composer
Makoto Fukuda
Susumu
James Hayman
Cinematographer
Media.
Details.
Release DateApril 15, 1988
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 39m
Box Office$125
Genres
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Wiki.
Tokyo Pop (トーキョー ポップ, Tōkyō Poppu) is a 1988 musical comedy film directed by Fran Rubel Kuzui, who co-wrote the screenplay with Lynn Grossman. The film follows an American girl (Carrie Hamilton), a Japanese boy (Yutaka Tadokoro) and a briefly successful pop band. It contrasts American customs with Tokyo lifestyles, while presenting an evolving love story between the two main characters.In real life, Tadokoro fronted the 1980s rock group Red Warriors, who also star in the film as themselves. Other notable actors include Gina Belafonte, Michael Cerveris and Tetsuro Tamba, with an uncredited cameo by Japanese rock band X Japan.
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