Aboard a train to Tokyo to reunite with her b.f., naive Hokkaido girl Nana (Aoi Miyazaki) sits next to a leather clad punkette (Nakashima) with the same name. The independent punk is returning to Tokyo to take a second tilt at the musical bigtime. While the punk initially gives the naif instruction in the school of hard knocks, it transpires that the perky member of this duo also has lessons to teach. Yarn knowingly flirts with lesbo subtext but remains chaste. Perfs are stiff, but comfortable within the Japanese thesping tradition. Helming is tube safe. Other tech credits are pro.

Camera (color), Kazuhiro Suzuki; editor, Hidekazu Kakesu; music, Tadashi Ueda, with song "Glamorous Sky" by Ai Yazawa and Hyde ; art director, Norihiro Isoda. Reviewed at Berlin Film Festival (market), Feb. 11, 2006. Japanese, English dialogue. Running time: 113 MIN.