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Raise Your Arms and Twist! Documentary of NMB48

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Raise Your Arms and Twist! Documentary of NMB48

5.6

2h 1m

2016

Synopsis

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.

Director

Atsushi Funahashi

Documentary

japanosaka, japan

Cast & Crew

Sayaka Yamamoto

Sayaka Yamamoto

as Herself

Fuuko Yagura

Fuuko Yagura

as Herself

Ayaka Okita

Ayaka Okita

as Herself

Miru Shiroma

Miru Shiroma

as Herself

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