As an aimless pastime and knee-jerk homage to that era, the boys engage in elaborate, private karaoke routines they set up in out-of-the-way locations from their mobile sound studio.īut one of their number takes the disaffected thing a bit too far, randomly killing a middle-aged woman (31 - 37 years of age according to subtitles!) who happens to have a karaoke singing group of friends too.
All that's left is outdated cultural mores and karaoke - fueled by the kitschy, Western-flavored pop songs of the Showa era, an era marked by the reign of Emperor Hirohito (1926 - 1989).
They're moderately employed and adrift in post-expansion modern Japan decades ago the war was lost, and more recently unparalleled economic growth has stood still. If you think of current genre Japanese cinema but can't get much past Takashi Miike or the Ringu movies, you'll be pleasantly surprised (and shocked, of course) by Karaoke Terror, a film that melds any number of Japanese sociological concerns into a thoughtful, enjoyable and - of course - totally weird experience.Ī group of aimless teenage boys coalesces in Tokyo. Karaoke Terror: The Complete Japanese Showa Songbook:
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