Carrie Hamilton plays Wendy Reed, a singer in a New York rock band whose career is going nowhere. She decides to visit Tokyo, meets a rock musician, Hiro Yamaguchi (Yutaka Tadokoro), and is persuaded to join his struggling band. Before long, the group is propelled to stardom. Along the
way, a romance develops between Hiro and Wendy, affording comic scenes of the expected clash-of-cultures variety. The first feature for director-cowriter Fran Rubel Kuzui, TOKYO POP manages to be entertaining despite its thin story line, mainly because of its striking visuals and the kooky charm
of the leads. Imaginative use of locations and rich color photography result in some memo...
Released:
1988
Rated:
R
Length:
97 mins