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There comes a moment for every popular musician in Japan where they have to decide…am I going to get into acting too? It’s a tightrope performers have to choose dating back to Hibari Misora. Given the interconnected nature of the country’s entertainment ecosystem, it makes sense for people in one discipline to dip into others.
But starring in your own movie…that’s a big jump. Rock-pop sensations CHECKERS seemingly accomplished everything they could have in music by the mid 1980s, so they decided to aim for the big screen with a film starring them, with expectations to make bofo box office.
What they made is one of Japanese music’s finest body-horror movies.
