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.
Genre: Documentary
Stars: Sayaka Yamamoto, Fuuko Yagura, Ayaka Okita, Miru Shiroma
Crew: Atsushi Funahashi (Director), Takafumi Aoki (Editor), Makoto Ishihara (Producer), Yoshihiro Furusawa (Producer), Kumiko Isono (Producer), Takumi Matsumura (Producer)
Country: Japan
Language: 日本語
Studio: TOHO, Yoshimoto Kogyo
Runtime: 121 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Jan 29, 2016
IMDb: 6.3
Keywords:japan, osaka, japan
