{"id":30592,"date":"2015-06-15T19:08:22","date_gmt":"2015-06-15T17:08:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jpop-idols.com\/en\/?p=30592"},"modified":"2015-08-01T07:35:45","modified_gmt":"2015-08-01T05:35:45","slug":"the-land-of-idols","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jpop-idols.com\/en\/the-land-of-idols\/","title":{"rendered":"The Land of Idols"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-30593\" src=\"http:\/\/static.jpop-idols.com\/uploads\/2015\/06\/the-land-of-idols-doc.jpg\" alt=\"The Land of Idols\" width=\"150\" height=\"83\" \/><span style=\"font-style: italic;\"><strong>The Land of Idols<\/strong><\/span> is a documentary about the Japanese idol phenomenon.<\/p>\n<p>Some idols such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpop-idols.com\/en\/drop\/\">Drop<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpop-idols.com\/en\/kyueens\/\">Kyueens<\/a> Fujisaki Luchino, and more, will be featured in the documentary.<\/p>\n<p>A crowdfunding campaign has been launched on Indiegogo to cover a part of the production cost.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">The Land of Idols<\/span> is directed by Jean-Armand Bougrelle.<\/p>\n<p>The subject matter of the film is described as follows:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom sprawling urban Tokyo to the rural hamlets of Japan, from record breaking mega girl-bands to underground idols of Akihabara, <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">The Land of Idols<\/span> offers a journey through one of the most significant creations of Japanese pop culture.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bougrelle, a produced screenwriter and longtime resident of Japan, draws on his film and TV experience to explore his deep interest in the idol phenomenon.<\/p>\n<p>A crowdfunding campaign has just been launched on Indiegogo, offering more details on the film and people involved, a series of promotional videos, and a variety of perks for contributors. A subsequent Japanese campaign is also forthcoming.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">The Land of Idols<\/span> begins shooting in Tokyo this month.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Presentation Videos<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/127113531\" width=\"734\" height=\"413\" frameborder=\"0\" title=\"The Land of Idols - presentation video #1 : Drop\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/127226526\" width=\"734\" height=\"413\" frameborder=\"0\" title=\"The Land of Idols - presentation video #2 : Kyueens\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/131053894\" width=\"734\" height=\"413\" frameborder=\"0\" title=\"The Land of Idols presentation video #3 - Luchino Fujisaki\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Links<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Official site: <a href=\"http:\/\/thelandofidols.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/thelandofidols.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Indiegogo: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiegogo.com\/projects\/the-land-of-idols-feature-documentary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.indiegogo.com\/projects\/the-land-of-idols-feature-documentary\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Twitter: <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/thelandofidols\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/twitter.com\/thelandofidols<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-30594\" src=\"http:\/\/static.jpop-idols.com\/uploads\/2015\/06\/the-land-of-idols-documentary.jpg\" alt=\"The Land of Idols\" width=\"600\" height=\"332\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.jpop-idols.com\/uploads\/2015\/06\/the-land-of-idols-documentary.jpg 600w, https:\/\/static.jpop-idols.com\/uploads\/2015\/06\/the-land-of-idols-documentary-300x166.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Land of Idols is a documentary about the Japanese idol phenomenon. Some idols such as Drop, Kyueens Fujisaki Luchino, and more, will be featured in the documentary. A crowdfunding campaign has been launched on Indiegogo to cover a part&#8230;<br \/><a class=\"read-more-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jpop-idols.com\/en\/the-land-of-idols\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1397],"tags":[3206],"class_list":["post-30592","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-movie-9nine","tag-the-land-of-idols"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jpop-idols.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30592","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jpop-idols.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jpop-idols.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jpop-idols.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jpop-idols.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30592"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.jpop-idols.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30592\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31611,"href":"https:\/\/www.jpop-idols.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30592\/revisions\/31611"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jpop-idols.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30592"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jpop-idols.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30592"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jpop-idols.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30592"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}