Gaea Girls (2000)

★ 6.4 1h 44m IMDb

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.

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Chigusa Nagayo
Chigusa Nagayo as Herself Age 61 · Omura, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan Chigusa Nagayo (born December 8, 1964) is a Japanese professional wrestler, best known for her time in Japanese promotion All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling (AJW) during the 1980s. She was one-half of th...
Meiko Satomura
Meiko Satomura as Herself Age 46 · Niigata, Japan Meiko Satomura (born November 17, 1979) is a Japanese retired professional wrestler. She is best known for her time in Japanese promotion Sendai Girls' Pro Wrestling, which she founded alongside Jinse...
Hisako Sasaki
Hisako Sasaki Age 58 · Kitakatsushika, Saitama, Japan Hisako Sasaki (née Uno; born July 13, 1967), primarily known by her ring name Akira Hokuto, is a Japanese television personality and retired professional wrestler. She is best known for her tenue with...
Tomoko Kitamura
Tomoko Kitamura as Lioness Asuka Age 62 · Saitama, Japan Tomoko Kitamura (born July 28, 1963), better known by her ring name Lioness Asuka, is a Japanese retired professional wrestler. She was one half of the massively popular Crush Gals tag team ion All Ja...
Sonoko Kato
Sonoko Kato Age 49 · Kasugai, Aichi Prefecture, Japan is a Japanese professional wrestler. She made her debut in April 1995, working for Gaea Japan, where she became one half of the inaugural AAAW Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions. After becoming a t...
Kaoru Maeda
Kaoru Maeda as KAORU Age 57 · Sasebo, Nagasaki, Japan Kaoru Maeda (born February 9, 1969), better known by her ring names KAORU and Infernal KAORU, is a Japanese retired professional wrestler. Billed as the "Original Hardcore Queen," she is known for her...

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dancingdrunkintothefuture 7/10 Dec 24, 2019
raw depiction of shifting cultural ideology in Japan. fascinating divulsion into the brutal world of female wrestling which i had no idea existed in Japan. Logninotto offers a stripped back view, never appearing in front of the camera nor providing voiceover - an immersive experience, placing us in the eyes and headspace of Longinotto as she wields the camera. following the journey of a newcomer, we root for the underdog. experiencing both top tier wrestling and training, we question the morality of wrestling in the 2000s which was more of an MMA crossover. not one to miss.

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