Sakamoto's "Out of this World"

WWII era Japanese were forbidden to listen to jazz because it was the enemy's music. After WWII when Americans began occupying Japan the Japanese began listening to and playing jazz. Junji Sakamoto's "Out of this World" is based on a true story of American GIs in Japan and the Japanese who entertained them.
Burl Burlingame of the Honolulu Star-Bulletin does a good job of making the film come to life in his review. Burl does a good job of summarizing the film without delving into the complexities of the film.