Asian Beat: I Love Nippon

Overview

Commentary: The first work in the "Asian Beat" series, in which young directors from six Asian countries, including Japan, compete to create the same protagonist (Masatoshi Nagase). The main character "TOKIO" becomes involved in various incidents when he meets Banana, a Filipino girl who is a terrorist and holds top-secret information that will shake Japan. This work depicts the appearance of TOKIO and his escape from Japan.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

August 31, 1991

Original language

Japanese

Spoken languages

Japanese

Countries

Japan

Cast

Yukio Yamato,Haruko Wanibuchi,Masatoshi Nagase,Ruby Moreno,Akira Shioji,Hiro Arai

Director

Daisuke Tengan

Writer

Arata Tendo,Daisuke Tengan,Atsuji Kaneko,Kaizo Hayashi

Cinematography

Hatsuhiko Okada

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0388735