Bandage

– Set in Japan in the early 1990s, there's one rising band called LANDS, that is starting to find succ..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
6.90 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 59 Minutes
Release Year:
2010
Original Name:
Bandeiji
Bandage (2010) - Also known as Bandeiji

Set in Japan in the early 1990s, there's one rising band called LANDS, that is starting to find success amidst a flood of other bands. Asako and Miharu are two Tokyo high school students. When Miharu gives Asako her favorite indie rock band; a LANDS CD, she becomes an overnight fan and sets her heart on the talented guitarist Yukiya. LANDS was formed among friends, but as the band begins to climb the ladder towards major stardom, they get in touch with the dark side of the music industry, discord surfaces, inevitable frictions emerge, and unrequited love strains their friendship, threatening to pull their bonds apart.

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Release Date:

16 Jan 2010

Language:

Japanese

Director:

Takeshi Kobayashi

Writer:

Chika Kan (original story), Shunji Iwai (screenplay), Chika Kan (screenplay)

Main Actors:

Jin Akanishi, Kii Kitano, Kengo Kôra, Ayumi Itô

Plot:

In the 90s there was a decade of indie rock bands in the japanese culture. Bandage tell a fictional story four boys whose friendship and musical talents are tested in the ever changing world of music industry and their experience in love and hardship in real life.

Awards:

2 wins.

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
6.8/10