Project Detail

Tokyo Idols

Name: Tokyo Idols
Director: Kyoko Miyake
Genre: Music, Woman Director, Dance
Released: 2017
Duration: 88 mins

Synopsis

An exploration of Japan’s fascination with girl bands and their music, following an aspiring pop singer and her fans, delving into the cultural obsession with young female sexuality and the growing disconnect between men and women in hypermodern societies.
Official Selection Sundance Film Festival 2017 - World Cinema Documentary Competition - World premiere

Details

Year: 2017
Type of project: Features
Running time: 88 mins
Director: Kyoko Miyake
Producer: Felix Matschke, Kyoko Miyake, Bob Moore
Executive Producer: Jutta Krug, Nick Fraser, Kate Townsend, Margje de Koning, Axel Arno, Tore Tomter, Mette Hoffmann Meyer, Melissa Kajpust, Maureen Levitt, Julie Di Cresce
Screenwriter: Kyoko Miyake
Director of Photography: Van Royko

Genre

Music Woman Director Dance

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Canda, UK, Japan coproduction

Kyoko Miyake

kyoko@brakeless.net kyoko.miyake@me.com

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