After not quite fitting in as part of their high school’s rock-and-roll club, Kei, Kyoko, and Nozomi decide to start their own all-girl rock band to play at an upcoming school festival. After discovering the punk style of ’80s Japanese sensation The Blue Hearts, the girls find their sound. Now all they need is a singer. Enter Son, a foreign exchange student from Korea who promises to do her best with the vocals.
As the girls’ first gig rapidly approaches, they spend more and more time in rehearsal, sacrificing hours they’d usually spend on homework, after-school jobs, and sleep. Will they become the stars of their school, or will they crash and burn? —DVDverdict.com
Nobuhiro Yamashita (山下敦弘 Yamashita Nobuhiro?, born 29 August 1976) is a Japanese film director. Born in Aichi Prefecture, Yamashita attended Osaka University of Arts where he worked on Kazuyoshi Kumakiri’s Kichiku Dai Enkai. His graduation film Hazy Life, took the Off Theatre Competition Grand Prize at the 2000 Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival. He also won the award for Best Director at the 32nd Hochi Film Award in 2007 for A Gentle Breeze in the Village and The Matsugane Potshot Affair. He often works with the screenwriter Kōsuke Mukai. —Wikipedia
Bae Doo Na has the comedic and dramatic timing that reminds me of a young Giueiletta Masina. A marvelous film that reminded me strongly of old John Hughes movies along with the somewhat recent "Once". I hope the cult following grows larger for this wonderful little film.