About pop stars and romcoms

[Jerry Turner]

Another film that doesn't quite fit what you're looking for is *Perfect Blue
*. It's been a long time since I've watched the anime, but I watched the
Toshiki Sato version last night.

It's certainly not a comedy (or a great film for that matter), but it does
involve a man that is a bit too obessed with an up and coming idol. They
seem to almost start a relationship, but it sours quickly.

Kinda grasping at straws, but I thought it might be worth checking out.

2009/7/18 Mark Mays <tetsuwan at comcast.net>

> BTW, thanks for all the suggestions. DOLLS is probably closest to what I'm
> looking for but doesn't quite hit the mark, which could be why I didn't
> think of that film in the first place.
>
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> Takeda Souichiro
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
> > [mailto:owner-KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu] On Behalf Of JORDAN
> ANTONY
> > SMITH
> > Sent: Tuesday, July 14, 2009 10:33 PM
> > To: KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
> > Subject: Re: About pop stars and romcoms
> >
> > Hi Mark,
> >
> > This is borderline, but what about Maiko Haaan!!!, where the main
> character
> > leaves his girlfriend to pursue geisha, becomes famous, then gets back
> with
> > her...?
> >
> > Jordan
> >
> >
> > On Jul 13 6:25 PM, tetsuwan at comcast.net wrote:
> >
> > > I'm trying to think of examples in Japanese film romantic comedies -
> > > - modern
> > > day -- where a pop star, idol or talent, hooks up with a "regular"
> person.
> > > I'm not interested in instances where the person becomes famous and
> > > then
> > > loses/dumps their old love.
> > >
> > > Anyone?
> > >
>
>
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