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Fraser Lewry

"You take me back to that time. You remind me what I did on the stage": Jimmy Page on the Japanese fan with the obsession that's been turned into a film

Akio Sakurai and Jimmy Page

A trailer has been released for Mr Jimmy, a documentary that tells the story of a Japanese guitarist with a lifelong obsession with Led Zeppelin founder Jimmy Page. 

"In snowbound Tokamachi, Japan, teenaged Akio Sakurai took refuge in his room, escaping to another world with a pair of headphones and a pile of Led Zeppelin records," reads the blurb accompanying the trailer's release. "Moving to Tokyo, Akio worked as a kimono salesman by day, but by night became 'Mr. Jimmy,' adopting the guitar chops and persona of Jimmy Page."

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