Tokyo Girls
This feature documentary is a candid journey into the world of 4 young Canadian women who work as well-paid hostesses in exclusive Japanese nightclubs. Lured by adventure and easy money, these modern-day geisha find themselves caught up in the mizu shobai—the complex "floating water world" of Tokyo clubs and bars. Drawn by fast money, some women become consumed by the lavish lifestyle and forget why they came; one hostess calls this "losing the plot." With a pulsating visual style, Tokyo Girls captures the raw energy of urban Japan and its fascination with the new.
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Tokyo Girls, Penelope Buitenhuis, provided by the National Film Board of Canada
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Credits
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directorPenelope Buitenhuis
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scriptPenelope Buitenhuis
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producerGillian Darling Kovanic
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editorBonni Devlin
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director of photographyDavid Frazee
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creative consultantMichelle Bjornson
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composerDoug BlackleyDennis Burke
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location soundLeigh Hunt WilksKeith Henderson
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additional cinematographyJohn CollinsJai Orton
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camera assistantShinpei OtsukiChristopher Oben
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production managerSteve OrtonPaul Scherzer
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assistant editorDiana Wilson
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assistantKaori ImaiJu Nakayama
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coordinatorPeter MacIntosh
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contactDhana
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castingKit Hayward
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propsGinger Pottin
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production stillsLincoln ClarkesYukie Kasuga
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participantAnne AllisonHidemi ArasakiYayoiTerra MariaMia SaraIchikyo SanRyosuke IkedaTomoko KawabataNikoPeter MacIntoshWakita SanMameyu SanMemeharu San
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actorFred MenemotoJay Lyn GreenAkinori NagaiMaritama CarlsonPatrick PonChristine TaylorToshikazu Sugamori
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translationKiyoe YoungKazumi Azuma
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interpreterSteve OrtonHiroe TsunoEtsuko Michihata
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calligraphyMitsue Kurahashi
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post-production assistantSonny Lahey
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audio post-productionSharpe Sound Studios Inc.
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on-line/fxNorthwest Imaging & FX
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colour correctionRainmaker Digital Pictures
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titlingRainmaker Digital Pictures
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production supervisorKathryn Lynch
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program administratorBruce Hagerman
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executive producerGraydon McCrea
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