WHAT IS IT ABOUT?
Karaoke Iko! is a bout a kid, Oka who is in final year of his junior high choir group, facing the prospect of his voice breaking and not being able to sing the soprano part anymore. Oka runs into Narita Kyoji played by Ayano Go, a yakuza who needs to improve his singing so that he does not get last in his boss's annual birthday karaoke event and gets tattooed.
THE GOOD
+ Karaoke Iko! is a feel good music jmovie by director Yamashita Nobuhiro who also directed Linda Linda Linda.
+ You can tell Ayano Go is having a great time hamming up for the camera!
+ Love the choice of music in the movie and the scene with all the yakuza purposely butchering all the famous songs is funny.
+ Yoshine Kyoko is in it as the music teacher.
+ It is a beautiful coming of age story with heart.
+ I love who they cast as Ayano Go's boss.
+ I was wondering how the movie would do an ending with two different performances and then I realised that this movie has been all about making me want to see that one performance.
THE BAD
- Nothing
SUMMARY
Karaoke Iko! is not cinematic perfection like Swing Girls was but it is feel good fun. I guarantee you will be looking for the Little Glee Monster cover of the song as the credits roll. Very watchable. Easily found on the high seas on torrent galaxy etc.
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