Basic Info
Release: September 11, 2000
Runtime: 104 min
Rating: ⭐ 6.4/10 (11 votes)
Status: Released
Gaea Girls
2000
104 min
⭐ 6.4/10
11 votes
Overview
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.
Genres
Documentary
Production Countries
- United Kingdom
Spoken Languages
- Japanese ja
Cast
Chigusa Nagayo
Herself
Meiko Satomura
Herself
Yuka Sugiyama
Herself
Saika Takeuchi
Herself
Hisako Sasaki
Tomoko Kitamura
Lioness Asuka
Sonoko Kato
Kaoru Maeda
KAORU
Crew
Jano Williams
Director
Kim Longinotto
Director
Kim Longinotto
Writer
Jano Williams
Writer
Jano Williams
Producer
Kim Longinotto
Producer
David Pearson
Executive Producer
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