Director – Fran Rubel Kuzui – 1988 – US, Japan – Cert. 18 – 99m **** A girl singer, fed up with being sidelined by the music business in New York, relocates to Tokyo and falls in with local rock band hopefuls there – select UK cinema screenings from Friday, April 25th prior to its […]
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