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

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.

bittersweetnostalgicmelancholicenergeticintimateearnest

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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