Tokyo Girls

Directed by Penelope Buitenhuis

Canada, 2000 (documentary, 57 minutes, colour, English)

Also known as "Les nuits de Tokyo"

Image: © National Film Board of Canada

Video (National Film Board of Canada)
Video (National Film Board of Canada) [French]

Film Description:
"Tokyo Girls is a candid journey into the world of four young Canadian women who work as well-paid hostesses in exclusive Japanese nightclubs."
-- National Film Board of Canada (source)

Film Credits (partial):
Written by:	Penelope Buitenhuis
Produced by:	Gillian Darling Kovanic, Graydon McCrea
Principal Cast:	Fred Menemoto, Jay Lyn Green, Akinori Nagai, Maritama Carlson, Patrick Pon, Christine Taylor, Toshikazu Sugamori
Participants:	Anne Allison, Hidemi Arasaki, Yayoi, Maria, Sara, Ichikyo San, Ryosuke Ikeda, Tomoko Kawabata, Niko, Peter MacIntosh, Wakita San, Mameyu San, Memeharu San
Cinematography:	David Frazee
Film Editing:	Bonni Devlin
Music:	Doug Blackley, Dennis Burke
Production Company:	National Film Board of Canada / Office national du film du Canada

(sources)

Web Sites about Tokyo Girls

National Film Board of Canada. "NFB -- Tokyo Girls." National Film Board of Canada. http://onf-nfb.gc.ca/en/our-collection/?idfilm=50162.
Office national du film du Canada. "ONF -- Les nuits de Tokyo." Office national du film du Canada. http://onf-nfb.gc.ca/fr/notre-collection/?idfilm=50957. [in French]