Tokyo Rhapsody (2007)
Original title: 歌謡曲だよ、人生は
Tokyo Rhapsody is a 2007 Japanese-language drama movie directed by Yoshikazu Ebisu and Mitsuhiro Mihara, with a running time of 2h 10m. It stars Satoshi Tsumabuki, Ayumi Ito and Bengal.
"Tokyo Rhapsody" consists of 11 short films all centered around the music genre known as "Kayokyoku". Kayokyoku is a catch-all term to describe the music that defined two generations of post-war Japan. Although the term survives, it has a strong connotation with a simpler, pre-"Economic Bubble" era when Japanese people shared a common identity in the reconstruction of their nation.