is a 2005 Japanese comedy-drama film directed by Nobuhiro Yamashita. It stars Bae Doona, Aki Maeda, Yu Kashii, and Shiori Sekine (of the band Base Ball Bear) as teenagers who form a band to cover songs by the Japanese punk rock band the Blue Hearts; the film's title comes from the hit Blue Hearts song "Linda Linda". Its first United States release, from VIZ Media, was on November 10, 2006. An English-subtitled DVD was released on May 8, 2007. The band, Paranmaum (Korean for "the Blue Hearts"), released a CD single in Japan and South Korea, We Are Paranmaum.

Plot

With three days to go before the 2004 Shiba High Holly Festival closes out their senior year, a band of schoolgirls has their guitarist sidelined due to a hand injury, followed by the singer that quit after an argument with the keyboardist Kei about replacing the guitarist. The remaining members: keyboardist Kei, drummer Kyoko, and bassist Nozomi decide to still perform in the rock concert of the festival and cover Blue Hearts songs, including "Linda Linda", with Kei switching to guitar, but they need a new singer. They ask the first girl who walks by, Son, a Korean exchange student who is not fluent in Japanese. The first day ends with all the girls working their hardest to learn their parts. Son practices at a karaoke parlor, and Kyoko talks to her crush, Kazuya.