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11 set 2000 · The infamous documentary that shows the trials of Saika Takeuchi trying out for the exclusive Japanese wrestling group, the GAEA Girls.
Gaea Girls shows the brutal reality of Japanese women's professional wrestling, after it's economic collapse of the late 90s, but before it's utter self-destruction in the mid 00s.
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- BBC
- Kim Longinotto, Jano Williams
16 ago 2000 · 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.
Gaea Girls. Filmmakers Kim Longinotto and Jano Williams follow an aspiring wrestler trying to pass her tests in Japan.
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- Kim Longinotto, Jano Williams
- Documentary
31 mag 2020 · “Directed by Kim Longinotto and Jano Williams, this documentary exposes the brutal training regimes and initiations that young girls in Japan choose to face in order to earn their place performing in the hallowed ground of the squared circle.”
Kim Longinotto and Jano Williams' 2000 documentary Gaea Girls, on Japan's now-defunct pro-wrestling club of the same name, is a slap in the face to conceptions of modern womanhood, and made all the more raw, exhausting, and difficult to watch for the simple reason that it is all true.
Gaea Girls follows the gruelling training regime of a group of Japanese professional women wrestlers. Featuring the legendary Chigusa Nagayo, it is a fascinating account of a closely-guarded universe in a country where women are considered docile and subservient.
