Linda Linda Linda

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Linda Linda Linda (リンダリンダリンダ)

Directed by	Nobuhiro Yamashita
Produced by	Hiroyuki Negishi Yuji Sadai
Written by	Kôsuke Mukai Wakako Miyashita Nobuhiro Yamashita
Starring	Bae Du-na Aki Maeda Yu Kashii Shiori Sekine
Music by	James Iha The Blue Hearts
Cinematography	Yoshihiro Ikeuchi
Distributed by	Covers&Co
Release date(s)	July 23rd, 2005
Running time	114 min.
Language	Japanese
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Linda Linda Linda (リンダリンダリンダ) is a 2005 Japanese film. It was directed by Nobuhiro Yamashita, containing new music for the film composed by The Smashing Pumpkins' James Iha as well as older hits (and covers thereof) by Japanese punk band The Blue Hearts.

The film stars Aki Maeda, Yu Kashii, Shiori Sekine as the band members, and Bae Du-na as a South Korean foreign exchange student. The student band, The Paran Maum, also released a CD single in Japan and Korea, We Are Paran Maum.

It was announced in 2006 that the film was licensed for a US release by VIZ Media.

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Linda Linda Linda tells the story of a group of girls, Kei, Kyoko, and Nozomi, who decide to put together a band for their school festival. Two days before they are to play the festival, the guitarist and singer quit the band. The remaining members must figure out what to do or risk cancelling, so they decide to enlist a Korean foreign exchange student, Son, to head the band despite not being fluent in Japanese. The girls decide to perform covers of The Blue Hearts songs, such as Linda Linda and My Right Hand.