Kamikaze Girls
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| Kamikaze Girls | |
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 US DVD cover | |
| Directed by | Tetsuya Nakashima |
| Produced by | Takashi Hirano Yuuji Ishida Satoru Ogura Yutaka Suzuki |
| Written by | Manga: Nobara Takemoto Screenplay: Tetsuya Nakashima |
| Music by | Yoko Kanno |
| Cinematography | Masakazu Ato |
| Editing by | Yoshiyuki Koike Chiaki Toyama |
| Distributed by | Toho |
| Released | May 29, 2004 |
| Running time | 103 min. |
| Official website | |
| IMDb profile | |
| JMDb profile | |
| Trailer | |
Kamikaze Girls (下妻物語 Shimotsuma Monogatari) is a 2004 Japanese film based on a Nobara Takemoto shojo manga and directed by Tetsuya Nakashima.
[edit] Plot
Momoko (Kyoko Fukada) lives in a small country town which is completely overrun with yakuza. To escape she dives into the world of "Lolita" fashion, consisting of 18th-century dresses and eccentric lacy accents. She idolizes Akinori Isobe, a well-known designer of her favorite clothing line. She often travels all the way to Tokyo to buy these name-brand clothes and spends every last penny she earns on it.
To fund her hobby Momoko sells clothes made by her father. One day she meets a customer who is a rebellious biker girl named Ichigo (Anna Tsuchiya). Ichigo lives in her town and although they are quite different their shared experiences and opinions of their surroundings make them form a close friendship.
[edit] Cast
- Kyoko Fukada... Momoko Ryugasaki
- Anna Tsuchiya ... Ichigo Shirayuri
- Hiroyuki Miyasako ... Momoko's Father
- Sadao Abe ... Ryuji 'the Unicorn'/Doctor
- Eiko Koike ... Akimi
- Shin Yazawa ... Miko
- Hirotaro Honda ... Yakuza Boss
- Kirin Kiki ... Momoko's Grandmother
- YosiYosi Arakawa ... Grocery Store Manager
- Katsuhisa Namase ... Pachinko Parlor Manager
- Ryoko Shinohara ... Momoko's Mother
- Yoshinori Okada ... Baby, 'The Stars Shine Bright' Owner
- Kanako Irie
- Haruo Mizuno ... Himself
- Yuichi Kimura ... Yakuza
- Yoko Maki ... BTSSB Staff
- Mayuko Fukuda ... Young Momoko Ryugasaki
- Vincent Giry ... French Rococo Period Gentleman
[edit] External links
- Kamikaze Girls at Wikipedia
- Kamikaze Girls review at Midnight Eye
- Kamikaze Girls review at KFCC
