Tokyo Pop

Tokyo Pop (1988)

An American success story that's far from ordinary. And far from home.

  • Genre: Comedy, Romance, Music
  • Release Date: 1988-04-15
  • User Rating: 7.4/10 from 11 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 40min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Kuzui Enterprises
  • Production Country: United States of America, Japan
  • Director: Fran Rubel Kuzui
star 7.4/10
From 11 Ratings

Summary

A young rock singer is not appreciated by her band, and gets a postcard from Japan saying "wish you were here". She takes what little money she has including ex-boyfriend's rent money and goes to Tokyo. She has numerous cross-cultural adventures and ends up singing with a Japanese rock group looking for a gaijin gimmick.

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  • Carrie Hamilton

    as Wendy Reed
  • Diamond Yukai

    as Hiro Yamaguchi
  • Taiji Tonoyama

    as Grandfather
  • Tetsuro Tamba

    as Mr. Dota
  • Masumi Harukawa

    as Mother
  • Toki Shiozawa

    as Mama
  • Hiroshi Mikami

    as Club Manager
  • Michael Cerveris

    as Mike
  • Gina Belafonte

    as Molly
  • Rikiya Yasuoka

    as Akira
  • Hiroshi Kobayashi

    as Kaz
  • Hiroshi Sugita

    as Taro
  • Satoshi Kanai

    as Shun
  • Senri Yamazaki

    as Aya
  • Hirofumi Hamada

    as Minoru
  • Kazuo Ishigaki

    as Chief Waiter
  • Makoto Fukuda

    as Susumu
  • Yuko Kimoto

    as Reiko
  • Shun Shioya

    as Tak
  • Daisuke Ōyama

    as Yoji
  • Hiroyuki Yamada

    as Customer
  • Kaoru Kuroki

    as
Directing Fran Rubel Kuzui Director
Editing Camilla Toniolo Editor
Writing Fran Rubel Kuzui Story
Writing Lynn Grossman Writer
Sound Yutaka Tsurumaki Sound Mixer
Camera James Hayman Director of Photography
Writing Fran Rubel Kuzui Writer
Sound Alan Brewer Original Music Composer
Art Terumi Hosoishi Production Design
Crew Lucille Carra Thanks
Production Akira Morishige Associate Producer
Directing Akira Kato Third Assistant Director
Directing Yoshikuni Matsunaga First Assistant Director
Production Jonathan Olsberg Executive Producer
Costume & Make-Up Asako Kobayashi Costume Design
Production Kaz Kuzui Producer
Sound Raymond Karpicki Sound Editor
Camera Hiroyuki Abe Assistant Camera
Camera Hitonori Tabata Assistant Camera
Sound Wendy Hedin Sound Editor
Camera Masaaki Kasae Assistant Camera
Sound Michael Barry Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Costume & Make-Up Shihoko Tsurii Makeup Artist
Art Noboru Ishida Set Dresser
Camera Hideyoshi Adachi Assistant Camera
Camera Hiroshi Ishida Assistant Camera
Lighting James Sofrenko Gaffer
Lighting Toshiaki Yoneyama Lighting Director
Sound Reilly Steele Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Camera Hart Perry Camera Operator
Directing Shinichiro Nakata Second Assistant Director
Camera Hirokazu Ishii Assistant Camera
Directing Takayuki Sato Assistant Director
Camera John Hunter Assistant Camera
Costume & Make-Up Shihoko Tsurii Hairstylist
Art Keith Haring Title Designer
Sound William Sarokin Sound Mixer
Camera Masanobu Kiyoku Assistant Camera
Camera Noriyuki Mizuguchi Assistant Camera
Camera Norimichi Kasamatsu Camera Operator
Camera Tsuguyuki Koshiro Assistant Camera
Camera Kenji Hayashi Assistant Camera
Camera Kenji Takama Camera Operator
Camera Zoran Veselić Assistant Camera

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