Bandage (2010)
- Original title
- BANDAGE バンデイジ
- Directed by
- Takeshi Kobayashi
- Genre
- coming-of-age film
- Country
- Japan
- Runtime
- 2h
- Rated
- 12
- Rating
- 6.1 of 10 from 19 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
In early 1990s Japan, a young person gets involved with an indie rock band. The story follows how music becomes a way to cope with feelings of low self-worth.
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What happens
Bandage (Japanese: バンデイジ, Hepburn: Bandeiji), stylized as BANDAGE, is a 2010 Japanese independent film directed by Takeshi Kobayashi, who also served as the editor, producer and composer. It was written and produced by Shunji Iwai. The film is based on the original novel Good Dreams (Japanese: グッドドリームズ, Hepburn: Guddodorīmuzu) by Chika Kan. Iwai adapted the screenplay along with Kan and renamed it Bandage. The movie title has actually two meanings, a literal one, which is a play on the words "Band Age", because the story takes place in Japan's early 1990s, the boom of indie rock bands. And a figurative one, in which a certain character uses music as a "bandage" to heal the feeling of worthlessness. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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