introduction

A revolution has succeeded, country where the strippers work as civil servants and all the people's family names are renamed "Smith [Su-mi-su]."

"Won't Lovers Revolt Now?" was originally written by Mika Kageyama (chief editor of women's fashion magazine), and produced by Aki Shimogo (lyricist) in 1988. The film "Won't Lovers Revolt Now?" is revised and set in the 1930's.

The director of the film is Tomoki Ohshita who has directed various performing artists videos previously. However,"Won't Lovers Revolt Now?" is his first film. Ohshita is also known as a member of a performance group "Grinder-Man", which is actively performing in Japan and has had performances in New York, Singapore and Paris.

The leading actors of "Won't Lovers Revolt Now?" are Masamichi Tosa of ex-president of "Maywa Denki", a well known group of performing arts, and RAY (Ray Nakazawa) who is known as a dancer/radio DJ. Japanese contemporary performing artists such as members of Grinder-Man, Toastie(TOASTGIRL), singer - Yula Yayoi, SMELLY, and clone dancers - KURONOZ appear in the film.

It is such a low budget film, however, many performing artists have took part in and contributed their work. The film suggested and interpreted revolution as a "personal matter". The radical and sensual expression may attract not all the people, but people who aware of uncertainty of presence.
Life style and the fashion of the 1930's is also well symbolized it and they enhance the quality of story.

story

In the 1930's, a taxi driver, Kamio (Masamichi Tosa) falls in love with a stripper Choko (RAY) who takes off everything but her gloves. Kamio is a leader of terrorists, who attempt to rename people "Smith [Su-mi-su]". The revolution succeeds and the days of strippers change.

It is a story of hands, eroticism and terrorism.