It s a cliché rock and roll movie but with a Japanese tweak. The producers or the screenplay writers of these movies always take rock and roll the same way: hard rock or glam rock in one side and ballad rock/pop on the other side. Seem that they do not know nothing about other rock sub genres. -The film moving around the life of a rock band that is part of a "band craze" movement; they trying to fit in to make a living from rock music but keeping the "soul", the "real spirit of rock". -The main character one day start to see kind of a ghost; like an imaginary friend that looks like B. Dylan (due to his girl few years back bought a remarkable Dylan's lp as a gift that made a path deep in his mind) that in reality is a way to show his conscience. -Is very funny when the hit of the band is a rock song but the main character refers to it like a "pop" song; then he plays a ballad rock and says that it s a real rock song, not a pop song like the other one... You have the manager; the producer; the soul guitar player; the girl; the looser; the side kicks; the fans; the mini tour; the layback TV appearance; the father that do not see rock as a good thing (in reality loves his boy but never shows that love); the moral of the story; but again, with a Japanese twist. Only for that is what I put 5 points in this movie if not is a 4 or a movie for a teenager.
The English translations are not good and put words on the actors that in reality are not there or even in Japanese language! so it change a bit civilized expressions and polite ways that Japanese use in daily basis converting a normal phrase in a mean one.
The English translations are not good and put words on the actors that in reality are not there or even in Japanese language! so it change a bit civilized expressions and polite ways that Japanese use in daily basis converting a normal phrase in a mean one.