Backdancers! (バックダンサーズ!) is a Japanese film released in Japan in September 2006.
The movie stars popular J-pop singer and dancer Hiroko Shimabukuro (hiro), of the group Speed.
Synopsis
The lead singer of a famous pop group announces a shock walkout that leaves the four background dancers behind. The four set up their own group: "Backdancers!."
A man travels to a countryside town seeking employment. He becomes romantically involved with a woman who cannot smile, and works for her parents' printing company. When he learns that his girlfriend in Tokyo has disappeared he returns to look for her. Screenwriter Kenji Fukuma based the script on his poetry.
, 1h23 Directed byShinobu Yaguchi GenresComedy, Action, Crime ThemesHeist films ActorsNaomi Nishida, Yōji Tanaka, Taketoshi Naito, Takako Katō Rating69% The film begins with a prologue that quickly sketches the backstory of the protagonist: since childhood, Sakiko Suzuki was obsessed with cash. She scared off potential friends by constantly talking about her savings account, and potential suitors by demanding that they give her up front the money they would have spent taking her out on a date. After college, her family suggests she get a job as a bank teller. She's promptly hired, but soon grows disillusioned by the job, because she's counting other people's cash. Then, bank robbers kidnap her and stuff her in a trunk with a bright yellow suitcase filled with stolen money. The thieves take a wrong turn in the woods and crash their car. Sakiko escapes with the briefcase but falls into a river and winds up in an underground pool, where she tries to kill herself by drowning after letting go of the suitcase. Instead, she washes up downstream and is given medical leave by the bank. [...]See more...