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Tokyo Idols
Directed by
Kyoko Miyake
TV-14
2017
88m
Documentary
,
Music
6.9
91%
76%
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Girl bands and pop music dominate Japan. Through a rising singer and her fans, Tokyo Idols reveals a phenomenon fueled by fixation on young female sexuality and growing gender divide in modern society.
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Cast of Tokyo Idols
Rio Hiiragi
Self
Yuzuha Oda
Self
Masayoshi Sakai
Self
Kyoko Miyake
Director / Writer / Producer
Felix Matschke
Producer
Bob Moore
Producer
Tokyo Idols Ratings & Reviews
That Shelf
Michael McNeely
Very competently made and raises some interesting questions, but much more lies beneath the surface.
Chicago Reader
Leah Pickett
With this fascinating and troubling documentary, Kyoko Miyake investigates the Japanese phenomenon of very young female pop singers, known as idols, who cater to a passionate fan base of grown men.
Decider
Benjamin H. Smith
Tokyo Idols is a fascinating and well-made look into a world where teenage girls seek fame and fortune and men get first-hand access to the women of their dreams, and the problematic sexual politics that follow.
Film Inquiry
Lee Jutton
Tokyo Idols offers a complex look at a cultural phenomenon that could just as easily have been glossed over as another example of Japanese oddness.
SF Weekly
Sherilyn Connelly
Tokyo Idols also gives a necessary platform to journalist Minori Kitahara, a vocal critic of how the idol movement protects male fantasies and the objectification of women, for which she's received major backlash.
RogerEbert.com
Nick Allen
It's not a movie so much about idol culture as for it, with Miyake trying to knock idol culture back into reality.
The Hollywood Reporter
Justin Lowe
A lively inquiry that reveals more contradictions than consensus.
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