Raise Your Arms and Twist! Documentary of NMB48

Overview

Launched in 2011 as a sister group to girl band behemoth AKB48, the Osaka-based NMB48 has become a musical force itself. With a string of No.1 hit singles and albums, not to mention sell-out performances, NMB48 continues Japan’s pop-music phenomena. Director Funahashi Atsushi, whose documentary work has previously chronicled such harrowing events as the Fukushima nuclear meltdown, pulls back the curtain on the life and struggles of the band members and the workings of the idol-making industry.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

January 29, 2016

Original language

Japanese

Spoken languages

Japanese

Countries

Japan

Production

TOHO,Yoshimoto Kogyo

Cast

Sayaka Yamamoto,Fuuko Yagura,Ayaka Okita,Miru Shiroma

Director

Atsushi Funahashi

Producer

Takumi Matsumura,Yoshihiro Furusawa,Akihiro Makino,Makoto Ishihara,Kumiko Isono

Cinematography

Yoshihisa Toda

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

Homepage

Official site

IMDb

tt4291464