Gaea Girls

Gaea Girls

2000
1h 44m
6.4

6.4/10

11 votes • View on IMDb
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.

Status: Released

Language: EN

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Production Information

Production Companies
Vixen Films United Productions BBC
Production Countries
United Kingdom
Spoken Languages
Japanese

Quick Facts

Release Date September 11, 2000
Status Released
Language EN
IMDb ID tt0261703

Cast

Chigusa Nagayo
Chigusa Nagayo

Herself

Meiko Satomura
Meiko Satomura

Herself

Yuka Sugiyama
Yuka Sugiyama

Herself

Saika Takeuchi
Saika Takeuchi

Herself

Hisako Sasaki
Hisako Sasaki

Tomoko Kitamura
Tomoko Kitamura

Lioness Asuka

Sonoko Kato
Sonoko Kato

Kaoru Maeda
Kaoru Maeda

KAORU

Key Crew

Jano Williams
Director
Kim Longinotto
Director
Kim Longinotto
Writer
Jano Williams
Writer
Jano Williams
Producer
Kim Longinotto
Producer
David Pearson
Executive Producer