CinemaOSMovie · 2016 · 2h 1m

Raise Your Arms and Twist! Documentary of NMB48

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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.

Directed byAtsushi Funahashi

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Status
Released
Runtime
2h 1m
Language
JA
Released
January 29, 2016
Studios
TOHOYoshimoto Kogyo

Featuring

Cast & crew

4 credited
Starring
Sayaka Yamamoto

Sayaka Yamamoto

Herself

Fuuko Yagura

Fuuko Yagura

Herself

Ayaka Okita

Ayaka Okita

Herself

Miru Shiroma

Miru Shiroma

Herself

Creative team
Directed by
Atsushi Funahashi
Atsushi Funahashi
Produced by
Takumi Matsumura
Yoshihiro Furusawa
Yoshihiro Furusawa

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