The Excitement Of The Do Re Mi Fa Girl -1985 - ... [ SIMPLE • 2026 ]
Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s
The Excitement of the Do-Re-Mi-Fa Girl (1985)—also released under the title Bumpkin Soup —is an absurdist, satirical comedy that marks a fascinating early turn in director career. Long before he became a master of J-horror with classics like Cure , Kurosawa delivered this "Godardian" anthropological study on disaffected Japanese youth. Plot & Atmosphere
Act I: The Off-Key Metropolis
We meet the protagonist (The Girl, 17) working in a dysfunctional kissaten (coffee shop). She has perfect pitch but crippling stage fright. Her only companion is a cracked Walkman playing a loop of Chopin. The world is a cacophony of pachinko parlors and salaryman groans. That is until a rogue DJ (played by a cameo of a then-unknown Beat Takeshi) gives her a mixtape labeled "Do Re Mi Fa." The Excitement of the Do Re Mi Fa Girl -1985 - ...
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