# Tokyo Pop (1988)

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**Runtime**: 100 min
**Genres**: Comedy, Romance, Music
**Directed by**: Fran Rubel Kuzui
**Written by**: Fran Rubel Kuzui, Lynn Grossman
**Starring**: Carrie Hamilton, Diamond Yukai, Taiji Tonoyama, Tetsuro Tamba, Masumi Harukawa, Toki Shiozawa

> *An American success story that's far from ordinary. And far from home.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

This one imagines culture clash as a rom-com. An underappreciated American singer impulsively flies to Tokyo, where she joins a rock band. It’s a bit of a goofy time capsule, to be sure, but it did get there before the karaoke craze hit the West.

**Mood tags**: cozy, outsider, playful

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