Program(s)
Smells Like Teen Spirit
With only 72 hours left until the school festival, the girls’ band Paranmaum is in crisis. After a conflict leaves them without a vocalist, the members make a desperate decision: they invite Song, a Korean exchange student who is not fluent in Japanese, to become their new singer. The performance seems to be the most important thing in the world: the girls spend nights in rehearsal rooms and laundromats, feverishly practicing the cult Japanese band The Blue Hearts’ hit “Linda Linda”.
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“Rejecting melodramatic clichés, director Nobuhiro Yamashita opts for a minimalist style that allows the actors’ natural chemistry to shine. Bae Doona delivers a legendary performance, and the film’s rhythm perfectly mirrors the languid heat of a Japanese summer. It is a story that emphasizes how the most meaningful moments of friendship happen in the most mundane circumstances – eating ramen at three in the morning or waiting for a bus together.” (Programme curator Karolis Žukas)
Awards
World PremiereToronto International Film Festival, Contemporary World Cinema, 2005
PremiereTribeca Film Festival, 4K Restoration Premiere, 2025
Credentials
- DirectingNobuhiro Yamashita
- The scriptWakako Miyashita, Nobuhiro Yamashita, Kosuke Mukai
- PlaysBae Doona, Aki Maeda, Yû Kashii, Shiori Sekine, Takayo Mimura, Shione Yukawa, Yuko Yamazaki, Masahiro Kômoto, Ken'ichi Matsuyama, Katsuya Kobayashi, Keisuke Koide, Masaki Miura, Kaori Fujii, Kôen Kondô, Pierre Taki, Hiroshi Yamamoto, Takeshi Yamamoto
- AssemblyRyuji Miyajima
- CameraYoshihiro Ikeuchi
- MusicJames Iha
- ProducingHiroyuki Negishi, Yuji Sadai, Haruo Okamoto
- TranslationLina Martišiūtė
- DialoguesJapanese
- SubtitlesLithuanian, English
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