Gaea Girls
7.4
This fascinating documentary is based around the Japanese wrestling organisation Gaea's rural training camp, and traces, in the main, the careers of four hopefuls. In charge are two magnificent specimens, the butch champion Chigusa Nagayo, still venting her hurt at the hands of her army father as she tries to whip her surrogate daughters through the pain and commitment barriers; and her sophisticated and slightly menacing Chairman. It's a gruelling, physical film, as you would expect, but the makers don't make heavy weather of it. And it certainly disposes of any idea that the game is faked.
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Chigusa Nagayo
Herself
Known for
Giri/Haji
Sunny
Meiko Satomura
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Kim Longinotto
Yuka Sugiyama
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David Pearson
Jano Williams
Saika Takeuchi
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Hisako Sasaki
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Tomoko Kitamura
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Sonoko Katō
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Kim Longinotto Director · Jano Williams Director Brian Tagg Editor
First release September 11, 2000 · Produced in United Kingdom · Production United Productions, BBC
Production
Vixen Films
Production
United Productions
Production
BBC
Production
United Kingdom
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Canada · September 11, 2000
Premiere · Toronto International Film Festival
No release date listed for United States.
United Kingdom
March 22, 2002 · TV
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