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I feel a bit guilty saying this, but I almost didn’t bother going to see The Shonen Merikensack. Kankuro Kudo’s film has been promoted to within an inch of its life in Japan, to the point that I was already getting sick of it before it had even opened. My bad: this is one of the best comedies I’ve seen in the past few years, Japanese or otherwise. Comparisons with This is Spinal Tap are inevitable, but the movie holds its own even in such esteemed company.

Kanna (Aoi Miyazaki), a ditzy Ol with a taste for cutesy nail art, is about to reach the end of her contract at a major record label when she stumbles across a web video of a live show by punk band The Shonen Merikensack. It’s noisy, violent and virtually tuneless. That’s punk, her boss tells her. What’s punk?...

I’d love to stick around and chat but I gotta get to work. Variety Japan unveiled a number of stills from the upcoming J-punk rock comedy Shonen Meriiken Sakku. They feature Koichi Sato, Tomorowo Taguchi, Yuichi Kimura and Hiroki Miyake in character as The Brass Knuckle Boys. Still no footage from the film as of yet but as soon as we know you will know.

どうもありがとう to Chris over at J-Film Pow Wow for the heads up.