Thursday, January 7, 2010
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Making of Vera Svechina's first feature film project.
"LAST TRAIN FROM ROPPONGI". 1993. Beginning of Perestroika. russian province. Lera,19, is a student of theatre school where she study to be a theatre director. After bad Shekspire play rehearsal with her boyfriend Gena, 20, and big fight with him, Lera meets her room mate Anya, 18. she is on the way to the audition for work in karaoke club in Japan. Fearing for friend that it could be a prostitution and trying to protect her, Lera goes to the audition with Anya. To Lera's surprise, Japanese promoter chooses her to go to Tokyo for six month and he explains, that the job in karaoke bar is to sing and talk... and it pays good. Lera believes him and goes to Tokyo, despite the fact that her family and boyfriend dont want her to go. On the plane, she meets another 2 girls. When they arrive to Tokyo, they start to work in the karaoke club in down town. 5 years past… Lera again and again keeps coming back to Japan. She is not able to forget her romance with one of her customers Nori.
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