Nobuhiro YAMASHITA 山下敦弘
Let’s Go Karaoke!
カラオケ行こ！
Nippon Cinema ª
When Satomi is cornered by a yakuza after a choir recital, the last thing he expects is to be invited to karaoke and asked to provide singing lessons. As it turns out, the gangster is threatened with a humiliating punishment if he loses a karaoke competition. But Satomi struggles with his voice breaking. Nobuhiro YAMASHITA’s film is a musical comedy that breaks away from clichés.
カラオケ行こ！
Karaoke iko!
Japan 2024
107 minutes
Director
Nobuhiro YAMASHITA
Script
Akiko NOGI based on a manga by Yama WAYAMA
Cinematography
Katsumi YANAGISHIMA
Music
Hiroko SEBU
World sales
KADOKAWA
Cast
Go AYANO, Jun SAITO, Kyoko YOSHINE, Jun HASHIMOTO, Kazuki KITAMURA
About Nobuhiro YAMASHITA
山下敦弘
Nobuhiro YAMASHITA, born in Aichi Prefecture in 1976, studied at Osaka University of Arts and started his career at Planet Studyo +1 in Osaka. His feature film debut HAZY LIFE (1999) was an international success and was screened in 2000 at the first Nippon Connection Film Festival. He had his commercial breakthrough with the comedy LINDA LINDA LINDA (2005 / NC ’08). Establishing his distinctive style with his subsequent works, including A GENTLE BREEZE IN THE VILLAGE (2007 / NC ’07), TAMAKO IN MORATORIUM (2013 / NC ’14), and OVER THE FENCE (2016 / NC ’17), YAMASHITA has become one of the major protagonists of the Japanese film industry.