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A documentary look at women's wrestling in Japan, Gaea Girls is largely set in the training camp of the eponymous Gaea club, where aspiring wrestlers are supervised by the coolly sophisticated club pr... read more read more...esident Yuka Sugiyama and whipped into shape by the pro wrestler Chigusa Nagayo. The film focuses much of its attention on Saika Takeuchi, a whiny trainee who struggles to pass her final tests. Directed by renowned documentarians Kim Longinotto and Jano Williams, Gaea Girls was screened at the 2000 Edinburgh Film Festival. ~ Rebecca Flint Marx, Rovi

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Unrated, 1 hr. 44 min.

Directed by: Kim Longinotto, Jano Williams

Release Date: January 1, 2000

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  • romy861
    February 13, 2011
    romy861
    I only came to be watching this as it was sold as a double feature with the documentary "Shinjuku boys" (which, ironically, I have still not watched, and bought the dvd to see that one!). The topic matter, female wrestlers, was really not of interest to me, (I loathe sports, es... read morepecially aggressive ones!), but put it on, and was ready to turn it off within 15 minutes, only thing that stopped me was that my husband was watching it and seemed quite interested.
    Surprisingly, this did end up drawing me in by around the 30 minute mark, and was a good documentary about a group of tough young Japanese girls and their teacher.
    I still cannot fathom what draws them to it, but it was informative, and I did even find myself cheering on a few of them. (Unheard of!). The story with the very young girl I also found quite moving and sorry for her.
    Am looking forward to watching Shinjuku Boys soon - if I was that sucked into something I have no interest in seeing, the other one should be really good!

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