Kamikaze Girls

– Momoko is an ordinary girl, living an ordinary life. Ordinary, that is, if you define ordinary as we..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
7.30 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 42 Minutes
Release Year:
2004
Original Name:
下妻物語
Kamikaze Girls (2004) - Also known as 下妻物語

Momoko is an ordinary girl, living an ordinary life. Ordinary, that is, if you define ordinary as wearing elaborate lolita dresses from the Rococo period in 18th Century France. However, when punk girl and self-styled 'Yanki' Ichiko comes calling, her days as 'ordinary' are most certainly numbered...

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Release Date:

29 May 2004

Language:

Japanese, French, English

Director:

Tetsuya Nakashima

Writer:

Nobara Takemoto (novel), Tetsuya Nakashima (screenplay)

Main Actors:

Kyoko Fukada, Anna Tsuchiya, Hiroyuki Miyasako, Sadao Abe

Plot:

Momoko Ryugasaki is the daughter of a smalltime gangster that forges Versace brand and a lowlife woman. Momoko is smitten by the Rococo period and dresses in a Lolita style, with frilly dresses and embroidery bonnet. She is raised by her father since her mother divorced him to marry her gynecologist, and he has taught her how to perfectly embroider. When Mr. Ryugasaki includes the Universal Studios brand in his products, he is forced to move to the rural Shimotsuma with Momoko to live in the house of her grandmother. Momoko decides to sell her collection of forged Versace and Universal Studios to make money to buy her expensive clothing. The rebel "yanki" Ichigo Shirayuri visits Momoko to buy clothes and soon they begin the most unlikely friendship.

Awards:

14 wins & 3 nominations.

Production:

Toho Company Ltd.

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
7.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
62%
Metacritic:
56%