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Release Date:
January 29, 2016
Original Title:
道頓堀よ、泣かせてくれ! DOCUMENTARY of NMB48
Alternate Titles:
Doutonboriyo, nakasetekure!: Documentary of NMB48
Genres:
Documentary
Production Companies:
TOHO
Yoshimoto Kogyo
Production Countries:
Japan
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 121
Launched in 2011 as a sister group to girl band behemoth AKB48, the Osaka-based NMB48 has become a musical force itself. With a string of No.1 hit singles and albums, not to mention sell-out performances, NMB48 continues Japan’s pop-music phenomena. Director Funahashi Atsushi, whose documentary work has previously chronicled such harrowing events as the Fukushima nuclear meltdown, pulls back the curtain on the life and struggles of the band members and the workings of the idol-making industry.
Director:
Atsushi Funahashi
Director of Photography:
Yoshihisa Toda
Editor:
Takafumi Aoki
Producer:
Makoto Ishihara
Yoshihiro Furusawa
Kumiko Isono
Takumi Matsumura
Akihiro Makino
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