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Documentary. 90 minutes.
France, Japan. English subtitles.
Japanese society preaches uniformity and order, but there is an important underground
world, where people live more freely. Rock'n Tokyo follows four underground rock bands
whose energy and intensity puts most contemporary western bands to shame.
In Valente’s film, we experience a succession of Japanese rock stories: The
incredibly popular, leather-and-shades Guitar Wolf, some garage rock amongst the loudest
ever heard; The 5678’s, rockabilly queens with a wild ’50s elegance (recently
introduced to the world in a memorable scene from Quentin Tarantino’s ‘Kill
Bill’); the Jet Boys, led by an exhibitionist singer/guitar player; and Nine, young
guys who are playing in Shinjuku Station as if it was the most important concert of their
lives.Screenings
San Francisco Indie Film Festival, 2007
Shiny Object at the Fools Foundation (Sacramento, USA), 2007
Memphis Int Film Fest – mar 07
Kansai Int Film Fest (Japan), 2007
La Feline (Paris, France), 2007
East Village Film Fest (New York), 2007
Indie 2007 – World Film Fest (Belo Horizonte, Brazil), 2007
Leeds Int Film Fest (UK), 2007
Indie SP – (Sao Paulo, Brazil), 2007
Les Inattendus (Lyon, France), 2008
R Eject Film Fest (Rotterdam, The Netherlands), 2008
CineSubsonica (Montpellier, France), 2008
Zagrebdox Int Doc Film Fest, 2008
Les Voutes (Paris, France), 2008
Mediawave Film and Music Fest (Hungary), 2008
ReelHeART Int Film Fest (Toronto, Canada), 2008
Filmer La Musique (Paris, France), 2008
Don’t Knock the Rock ! Festival (Los Angeles, USA), 2008
Festival No Ar Coquetel Molotov (Recife, Brazil, 2008
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