Tagged: takeshi kobayashi

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All About Lily Chou-Chou

Shunji Iwai’s ode to disengaged youths that searched for meaningful connection in online forums, as we follow the unraveling of a bunch of teens who grow isolated from each other and find solace in the mysterious and enigmatic Lily.

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Yen Town Band – AINONE

One of everyone’s favorite fictitious bands, YEN TOWN BAND, straight out of Shunji Iwai’s 1996 film Swallowtail Butterfly (スワロウテイル), is back.

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Mayday – Do You Ever Shine?

Taiwanese band Mayday continue their Japan activities with the release of Do You Ever Shine? which can be spotted as the ending theme of this season’s Japanese drama Bitter Blood (ビター・ブラッド, aka. Partners by Blood).

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Salyu – Lighthouse

Salyu releases her new single Lighthouse, featuring dancer Masako Yasumoto (康本雅子) in slo-mo backwards black and white footage directed by Fumiko Hirano (平野文子).

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Lily Chou-Chou – Tokyo, Japan 2010

Celebrating the 10th anniversary of Shunji Iwai’s masterpiece, All About Lily Chou-Chou, the fictional singer embodied by Salyu performed at the Nakano Sun Plaza Hall for 2000 lucky fans on December 15th.

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Bandage

Bandage is directed by Takeshi Kobayashi… who produces great music. Alas, Bandage is not that great of a story or have great characters, but it’s got pretty good music.