Kamikaze Girls (2004)

Original title

下妻物語

Directed by

Tetsuya Nakashima

Genre

comedy film, teen film, comedy anime and manga

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 42m

Rated

12

Rating

7.1 of 10 from 242 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A girl obsessed with frilly Lolita fashion becomes friends with a tough delinquent girl in rural Japan. Their different worlds clash as they navigate family issues and personal dreams.

quirkyplayfulfast-pacedcolorfullightheartedbittersweetstylisheccentric

What happens

Kamikaze Girls (Japanese: 下妻物語　ヤンキーちゃんとロリータちゃん, Hepburn: Shimotsuma Monogatari: Yankī-chan to Rorīta-chan; lit. "Shimotsuma Story: Delinquent Girl and Lolita Girl"), is a 2002 Japanese novel written by Novala Takemoto. The story centers on the unlikely friendship between Momoko Ryugasaki, a "Rococophile" and Lolita, and Ichigo "Ichiko" Shirayuri, a yankī (juvenile delinquent). Kamikaze Girls was followed up with a sequel released on June 25, 2005. A live-action film adaptation was released on May 13, 2004. In the same year, a manga adaptation by Yukio Kanesada was serialized in Betsucomi. Viz Media licensed the novel for an English-language release in North America in 2006. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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