There is such a thing as a Japanese dream, and in many ways it's a lot like the American dream. Japanese hip-hop artist Anarchy's dream has to do with escape, money and, ultimately, getting to a place where he can perform in a music video with bikini-clad babes.
Anarchy, real name Kenta Kitaoka, just signed with major label Avex and pulled off what's known in Japanese music circles as a "major debut." It seems he has made it. Still, there was a time when he was struggling on his way to the Promised Land, and "Danchi no Yume (Dreams of the Projects)" is a documentary about Anarchy in that era.
"Danchi no Yume" was directed by Sam Cole and Jonathan Turner, two documentarians based in New York City who were so taken by Anarchy's music they flew to Kyoto and followed him around with a camera for over a year, from 2007 to 2008. Two things fascinated Cole and Turner: First, Anarchy himself, and second, Mukaijima Danchi, on the outskirts of Kyoto, where Anarchy grew up.
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