01
The Taste of Tea
Why this pick
Like Kamikaze Girls, it turns rural Japan into a playful, highly stylised inner world, balancing deadpan eccentricity, handmade visual invention and sincere affection for outsiders.
A FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOKTHE FEATURE PRESENTATION
MOVIE2004 1h 42m JPN
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
Movies like
Kamikaze Girls
ComedyScience Fiction
CINEHUNCH / THE NEXT FRAME
Keep the feeling.
SIMILAR PICKS / A PERSONAL CONNECTION
If you loved Kamikaze Girls, try these.
01
02
Memories of Matsuko
Why this pick
Its candy-coloured maximalism, bold editing and pop-musical energy echo Kamikaze Girls, while its heroine’s intense self-fashioned identity gives the spectacle real emotional bite.
03
Survive Style 5+
Why this pick
This is similarly delirious Japanese pop cinema: vivid design, absurd comedy and a gleefully artificial world where eccentric characters pursue their obsessions with total commitment.
04
Linda Linda Linda
Why this pick
Less hyperactive but equally charming, it pairs an unlikely female friendship with offbeat humour and a gentle, youthful sense of self-invention in everyday Japan.
05
Big Man Japan
Why this pick
Its mock-documentary restraint gradually collides with bizarre visual comedy, offering the same fondness for oddball Japanese subcultures and humour played with a straight face.
Finding the atmosphere, tension and little details that made this one stay with you.
Our curator needs a little longer. Please come back shortly.
No confident matches yet. Try our personal film finder.
01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
Momoko, a strange and seemingly emotionless girl obsessed with 18th century France, befriends a Yanki biker and the two experience the ups and downs of their unusual lives in a rural Japanese town.
Showing saved details. Some information may be out of date.
02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Eiko Koike
Akimi
Hirotaro Honda
Yakuza Boss
Katsuhisa Namase
Pachinko Parlor Manager
Yoshinori Okada
Baby, 'The Stars Shine Bright' Owner
Yoshiyoshi Arakawa
Grocery Store Manager
Kyoko Fukada
Momoko Ryugasaki