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Linda Linda Linda
Why this pick
Like BECK, it finds exhilaration in inexperienced students pulling together as a band, with rehearsal-room chemistry and an affectionate, unforced high-school atmosphere.
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If you loved BECK, try these.
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Kids on the Slope
Why this pick
Its intense friendship between gifted, mismatched teenagers channels BECK’s mix of adolescent friction, music-driven release, and the thrill of discovering a shared sound.
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The Liar and His Lover
Why this pick
A polished youth-music drama with an earnest romantic core, it shares BECK’s focus on raw talent, band-industry pressures, and songs as emotional confession.
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We Are Little Zombies
Why this pick
For BECK’s outsider energy and musical catharsis, this brings a more stylized, playful visual language to young people forming a band amid painful circumstances.
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Swing Girls
Why this pick
It has the same buoyant pleasure in watching inexperienced students become a real musical unit, balancing setbacks, comic momentum, and electrifying group performance.
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
Yukio is your average high school student who spends his days going to class and avoiding bullies. That is until he meets Ryusuke, a guitar prodigy. Together with Taira, Chiba, and Saku they form the rock band BECK. As their popularity increases so does the danger as Ryusuke's past catches up with him.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Hiro Mizushima
Ryusuke Minami
Takeru Satoh
Yukio 'Koyuki' Tanaka
Kenta Kiritani
Chiba
Aoi Nakamura
Saku
Osamu Mukai
Taira
Shioli Kutsuna
Maho Minami
Cunning Takeyama
Keichi Saito
Kensei Mikami
Eiji Kimura