Overview
"GS Wonderland" is about the 1960's Group Sounds bands - A Japanese pop movement inspired by the Beatles and other mid-1960's Brit Pop. Three young men set out to start their own band "The Diamonds" when they are signed to a recording contract during their very first rehearsal. Things turn for the unexpected when their agent brings Mick (Chiaki Kuriyama) into the group as their keyboardist.
Director and cast
- Chiaki Kuriyama as Miku Ohno
- Takuya Ishida as Masao Kigawa
- Hiro Mizushima as Shun Masamiya
- Yōsuke Asari as Kenta Kashiwabara
- Shinji Takeda as Ryosuke Kajii (agent)
- Sousuke Takaoka as Tajio Hasegawa
- Mana Mikura as Taeko Ishinuki
- Kendo Kobayashi as Kyoichi Kumada
- Ren Osugi as Kenichi Kamata
- Tetta Sugimoto as Tomonori Sasaki
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