Big in Japan (2014)

Big in Japan: Directed by John Jeffcoat. With David Drury, John Jeffcoat, Aya Kawahara, Yuko Kawahara. A struggling Seattle Rock band, Tennis Pro, take one last shot at making it big as they embark on a comical musical odyssey in Tokyo with hopes to prevent their day jobs from becoming their careers.

“interesting original premiseu003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003emany remarkable scenes seemed to have been spur of the moment using real people most likely without permitsu003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003ewhen small personal camera equipment can produce almost professional results you can expect to see more productions like these shot-on-a- shoestring ones coming aroundu003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003esurprisingly how enjoyable these things can be when you realize than so much of good film-making relies on a good premise, like-able characters, interesting scenery and unusual circumstances.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003emany larger productions throw money around to try to get what these film-makers have either gotten for next to nothing or maybe even for free.”