Two girls named Nana meet on a train to Tokyo. Nana K. aims to reunite with her boyfriend and Nana O. hopes to make it big in the music business. Despite their differences, the pair hit it off and become roommates.
Acting
Mika Nakashima IS punk rock—she originated the role on stage too.
Score
Nana O's band Black Stones actually slaps; Endless Story still hits.
Costume
Vivienne Westwood armor ring as symbolic object? Iconic.
Director
Kentaro Otani
Mika Nakashima
Nana Osaki
Aoi Miyazaki
Nana Komatsu (Hachi)
Kenichi Matsuyama
Shinichi Okazaki
Ryuhei Matsuda
Ren Honjou
Tetsuji Tamayama
Takumi Ichinose
Tomomi Maruyama
Yasushi Takagi
Saeko
Sachiko Kawamura
Momosuke Mizutani
Naoki Fujieda
Anna Nose
Junko Saotome
Yuta Hiraoka
Shoji Endo
Hiroki Narimiya
Nobuo Terashima
Natsuki Okamoto
Nami Komatsu
Go Ayano
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The film launched a genuine music career for Mika Nakashima, who performed as Nana O. in real life—blurring fiction and reality.
The Vivienne Westwood armor ring became so iconic that fans still buy replicas; it's basically the film's unofficial mascot.
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