Bandage

Bandage (2010)

BANDAGE バンデイジ

Set in the 1990s during Japan's "band boom" era, the film tells the tale of a girl in high school, Asako, who goes to a concert and meets Natsu, vocalist of the new band LANDS. Asako ends up being the band manager, but as the band's popularity starts to soar, the band's friendship begins to suffer.

Date of release
2010-01-16
TMDB
6.1 / 10 (19)
Runtime
1h 59m
Genres
Drama, Music, Romance
Director
Takeshi Kobayashi

Casting

Interesting facts

Bandage , stylized as BANDAGE, is a 2010 Japanese independent film directed by Takeshi Kobayashi, who also served as the editor, producer and composer. It was written and produced by Shunji Iwai. The film is based on the original novel Good Dreams by Chika Kan. Iwai adapted the screenplay along with Kan and renamed it Bandage.

Production

Apart from being Kobayashi's directorial debut, he is also in charge of the music production. The project was originally taken by Ryuhei Kitamura, then dropped in 2006. When filming finally started in late 2008, Kobayashi hand-picked a completely different cast for the movie, casting pop singer and actor Jin Akanishi with actress Kie Kitano for the lead roles.

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