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Release Date:
September 27, 2003
Original Title:
ロッカーズ
Alternate Titles:
Rokkazu
Genres:
Action | Comedy | Drama | Music
Production Companies:
GAGA Communications
Kyushu Asahi Broadcasting
TV Asahi
Production Countries:
Japan
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 105
Guitarist Ko-chan is a mess of sexual repression after a childhood at the mercy of two elder sisters eager to use him as a guinea pig for their make-up skills. Bassist Gaku-chan keeps a bucket in the wings for whenever his nerves get the better of him, and drummer Momo-chan is doomed to forever carrying the botched childhood attempts at self-tattooing. It's not until this foursome is forced to look for an additional guitar player after Jin's dad burns his Stratocaster, that attitude and musical ability enter into the equation. Leather-clad, shade-wearing Tani (Tamaki), inseparable from his black Les Paul, is introduced as the king of R'n'R cool and Jinnai keeps him firmly seated on his throne throughout the film, retroactively proclaiming the guitarist, rather than himself, as the band's true hero.
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Art Direction:
Takeshi Shimizu
Director:
Takanori Jinnai
Director of Photography:
Kôichi Nakayama
Editor:
Yoshifumi Fukazawa
Lighting Director:
Masamitsu Hanaoka
Producer:
Noboru Sugiyama
Takeshi Moriya
Screenplay:
Hiroshi Saito
Writer:
Takanori Jinnai
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