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Plastic: Acclaimed Japanese Rock Fantasy Comes to Metrograph in NYC

Plastic, Daisuke Miyazaki's musical fantasy about the love of rock music and time travel, opens at the Metrograph in NYC on October 4th.

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  • Plastic, Daisuke Miyazaki's musical fantasy, hits Metrograph NYC on October 4th for a one-week exclusive run.
  • Inspired by Kensuke Ide's 2020 concept album, the film follows fans in a world where a fictional '70s glam band is real.
  • Stream Plastic on Metrograph At Home from October 4th to December 4th during its limited engagement.
  • Join the opening weekend with Daisuke Miyazaki and Kensuke Ide at Metrograph and explore Japanese Soundtrack of Youth series.

Plastic, Daisuke Miyazaki's heartwarming love story propelled by the intoxicating power of shared musical obsession, opens for an exclusive one-week theatrical run at Metrograph In Theater in New York City on October 4th. On the same day, the film will also have its streaming premiere on Metrograph At Home, running for an exclusive limited engagement until December 4.

Plastic is the Kind of Cult Rock Musical Only Japan Can Make

Plastic is Miyazaki's tender, colorful, terribly charming tribute to headstrong youthful romance and the transcendent power of pop is inspired (and soundtracked) by musician Kensuke Ide's eclectic, electrifying 2020 concept album—a record framed as being the work of a fictional '70s glam rock group, Exne Kedy and the Poltergeists, and their mysterious frontman. In Plastic, rock obsessives Jun and Ibuki (Takuma Fujie and An Ogawa) bond over their mutual love for Exne Kedy's elusive music, falling in love while trying to track their idols down, only to drift apart during the Covid-19 pandemic… until the surprise announcement of an Exne Kedy and the Poltergeists reunion presents them with the possibility of a fresh start. Both Daisuke Miyazaki and Kensuke Ide will be in attendance for opening weekend, and the film will have a weeklong run at the theater and stream on Metrograph At Home for two months, in addition to playing In Theater as part of Japanese Soundtrack of Youth alongside cult-hit films All About Lily Chou-Chou and The Legend of the Stardust Brothers, which also feature soundtracks by fictional bands. Up-and-coming director Daisuke Miyazaki is a filmmaker born in Yokohama, Japan. After graduating from Waseda University and working under such directors as Leos Carax and Kiyoshi Kurosawa.

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"Plastic" poster art courtesy of Metrograph. A Kani Releasing release.

In support of the theatrical and streaming run of Plastic, Metrograph presents an infectious cinema mixtape with Japanese Soundtrack of Youth, a three-film series featuring Plastic alongside cult classics Shunji Iwai's All About Lily Chou-Chou (2001) and Macoto Tezuka's The Legend of the Stardust Brothers (1985), beginning October 4th at Metrograph in Theater.

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Adi TantimedhAbout Adi Tantimedh

Adi Tantimedh is a filmmaker, screenwriter and novelist. He wrote radio plays for the BBC Radio, “JLA: Age of Wonder” for DC Comics, “Blackshirt” for Moonstone Books, and “La Muse” for Big Head Press. Most recently, he wrote “Her Nightly Embrace”, “Her Beautiful Monster” and “Her Fugitive Heart”, a trilogy of novels featuring a British-Indian private eye published by Atria Books, a division Simon & Schuster.
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