Tokyo Pop (1988)

6.9/10 100 min Comedy Romance Music

Overview

A young rock singer is not appreciated by her band, and gets a postcard from Japan saying "wish you were here". She takes what little money she has including ex-boyfriend's rent money and goes to Tokyo. She has numerous cross-cultural adventures and ends up singing with a Japanese rock group looking for a gaijin gimmick.

Cast

Carrie Hamilton

Wendy Reed

Diamond Yukai

Hiro Yamaguchi

Taiji Tonoyama

Grandfather

Tetsuro Tamba

Mr. Dota

Masumi Harukawa

Mother

Toki Shiozawa

Mama

Hiroshi Mikami

Club Manager

Michael Cerveris

Mike

Gina Belafonte

Molly

Rikiya Yasuoka

Akira

Senri Yamazaki

Aya

Shun Shioya

Tak

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