Set in the 1990s during Japan's "band boom" era, the film tells the tale of a girl in high school, Asako, who goes to a concert and meets Natsu, vocalist of the new band LANDS. Asako ends up being the band manager, but as the band's popularity starts to soar, the band's friendship begins to suffer.
Score
LANDS' originals slap harder than they have any right to.
Acting
Jin Akanishi's smoldering wreck of a frontman.
Costume
Peak 90s Japanese rock fashion, gloriously authentic.
Director
Takeshi Kobayashi
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The 'band boom' era saw indie Japanese rock explode commercially before imploding spectacularly—this captures that specific hunger.
Jin Akanishi was an actual J-pop idol (KAT-TUN) playing a fictional one; the meta-layer of manufactured rebellion is intentional.
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