Overview
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.
Production
TOHO · Yoshimoto Kogyo
Cast & Characters
Sayaka Yamamoto
Herself
Fuuko Yagura
Herself
Ayaka Okita
Herself
Miru Shiroma
Herself
Directors & Crew
Atsushi Funahashi
Director
Makoto Ishihara
Producer
Yoshihiro Furusawa
Producer
Kumiko Isono
Producer
Takumi Matsumura
Producer
Akihiro Makino
Producer
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