In the film Tokyo Pop bleached haired goddess Carrie Hamilton plays Wendy, a rock singer from America. She moves to Tokyo on a whime and, as the stories always go, meets a boy. Hiro and Wendy form a band; finding stardom and love. It’s also story about American customs confronting the Tokyo lifestyle.
My friend Sarah reckons when Aggy Deyn was reinventing herself, she just trotted down to her local video store and rented a copy of Tokyo Pop. Other people reckon Sofia Coppola took a good hard look at the film too, before embarking on the Lost In Translation journey.
From what I’ve seen, I’d agree! Except.. I’m incredibly grumpy because unfortunately I haven’t managed to track down a copy yet, even on VHS. If you ever come across a copy (or if you’ve seen it), pipe up, let me know!
It looks amazing; a cheesey pop love story with candy coloured cinematography, set against a retro Tokyo backdrop. Here’s the trailer:
You can also watch Carrie Hamilton and Yutaka Tadokoro’s cute music video for ‘Do You Believe In Magic?’ (where the stills are from). Tōkyō Poppu!
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I absolutely love this movie, and reading this unexpected post brings me a huge smile! :D
The first time I watched it I was too young to understand the film, but I watched it a few years ago, it’s so heartwarming and adorable.
I love that movie!! My grandmother used to talk about it a lot when I was a wee Toky, and finally she sat me down to watch it when she thought I was old enough to “get it.” So cute. I wonder if that planted the Japan seed in me ^_^
Something sad: I thought I remembered my grandmother mentioning that the lead actress was Carol Burnett’s daughter… when I Googled to confirm, I learned that Carrie Hamilton passed away a few years ago of cancer :[ poor thing…
This is one of my all time favourite movie – and one that inspired me to go to Tokyo. Unfortunately, there was no epic love affair, however there was a wonderful night doing karaoke! Love your blog and always find something new and interesting on it!
What a lovely movie! Or at least, the trailer is. Now I want to see it too ! <3