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    Shimotsuma monogatari

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    2004     Comedy    
    Japan
    1h 42min
    Original language: Japanese

    Momoko (Kyoko Fukada) yearns to live in 18-century Versailles than in her back-country hometown of Shimotsuma, heartland of the yakuza. To escape, she loses herself in the dreamy, doll-like fashions of the "Lolita" scene. Her idol is Akinori Isobe, chief designer of Baby, the Stars Shine Bright her favorite Lolita design hose. She travels all the way to Tokyo to shop at their store. One languid summer, to help fund her expensive hobby, Momoko runs a classified ad of brand-name knock-off clothes (produced by her dad) for sale. She encounters a buyer named Ichiko (the real name is Ichigo), who happens to live in her neighborhood. Super-rebel Ichiko (model and J-rock icon Anna Tsuchiya, pictured below), is a "Yankee"-style member of the Ponytails motorbike gang, one of Ibaraki's "wild speed tribes," whose teeth-rattling customized bikes are decked out with fiberglass shields and bannered backrests. Somewhat against Momoko's will, she and Ichigo slowly develop a strong friendship as they share their feelings on the odd goings-ons around them.

    Directed byTetsuya Nakashima
    Written byTetsuya Nakashima

    Starring

    Kyoko Fukada
    Anna Tsuchiya
    Hiroyuki Miyasako
    Sadao Abe
    Eiko Koike
    Shin Yazawa
    Hirotarô Honda
    Kirin Kiki
    Yoshiyoshi Arakawa
    Katsuhisa Namase
    + MORE

    Photos

    Photo from the movie Kamikaze Girls
    Photo from the movie Kamikaze Girls

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