"I took it on as a challenge to myself,"
"I didn't like that,"
"I wanted to make it more about the joy of playing music, so we switched it to a school festival context."
"Originally, the vocalist was going to be a Japanese girl,"
Nobuhiro Yamashita concentrated on lazy men in his first three features: Hazy Life (1999), No One's Ark (2003), and Ramblers (2003). Linda Linda Linda (2005) marked a pivotal change, broadening cinematic focus and influence. The film is a gentle slice-of-life that follows four high-school girls preparing for a debut band performance at their school's culture festival. Yamashita and Kosuke Mukai rewrote the screenplay to emphasize the joy of playing music rather than competition. Two band members quit, leaving keyboardist Kei, bassist Nozomi, and drummer Kyoko to recruit Korean transfer student Son as vocalist. The cast includes Yuu Kashii, Shiori Sekine, Aki Maeda, and Doona Bae, and a 4K restoration returned the film to theaters worldwide, reinforcing its role in expanding the director's cast choices and the scope of Japanese independent cinema.
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