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    Gaea Girls

    104'

    2000-09-11

    6.7

    Documentary

    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.

    DirectingJano WilliamsWritingKim Longinotto

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    Cast

    1

    Herself

    Chigusa Nagayo

    1

    Herself

    Meiko Satomura

    1

    Herself

    Yuka Sugiyama

    1

    Herself

    Saika Takeuchi

    1

    Hisako Sasaki

    1

    Lioness Asuka

    Tomoko Kitamura

    1

    Sonoko Kato

    1

    KAORU

    Kaoru Maeda

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    Details:

    • Budget: 0
    • Home page
    • Revenue: 0
    • List of countries:
      1. United Kingdom
    • List of languages:
      1. Japanese
    • List of companies:
      1. Vixen Films
      2. United Productions
      3. BBC
    • Vote Count: 12
    • Popularity: 1.1719
    • Status: Released
    • Original title:Gaea Girls

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