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Shimotsuma monogatari (2004)

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User Rating: 7.5/10 (1,584 votes)
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Overview

Director:
Tetsuya Nakashima
Writers:
Nobara Takemoto (novel)
Tetsuya Nakashima (screenplay)
Release Date:
29 May 2004 (Japan) more
Genre:
Comedy more
Plot:
Momoko is an ordinary girl, living an ordinary life. Ordinary, that is, if you define ordinary as wearing... more | add synopsis
Awards:
14 wins & 2 nominations more
User Comments:
charmingly funny more

Cast

 (Cast overview, first billed only)
Kyôko 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
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Kamikaze Girls (International: English title)
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Runtime:
Japan:102 min
Country:
Japan
Language:
Japanese
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby SR
Certification:
Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | South Korea:15 | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | France:U
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Company:
Amuse Pictures more

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Trivia:
As of October 2005, the film has played at five international film festivals: the Los Angeles Film Festival, the New York Asian Film Festival, the Montreal Fantasia Film Festival, the Hong Kong International Film Festival, and the Hawaii International Film Festival. The film was also shown at the San Diego Comic-Con. more
Quotes:
Ichigo Shirayuri: Hey, Momoko. Women shouldn't cry in public.
Momoko Ryugasaki: But there's no one here.
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3 out of 5 people found the following comment useful:-
charmingly funny, 8 July 2005
7/10
Author: hodoree-1 from nyc

This is one of the better Japanese films i've seen recently. Kyoko Fukada perfectly embodies a 'lolita-heidi of the alps' shibuya gal who lives in her own delirious world of baroque Europe. Anna Tsuchiya is OK as her butch sidekick who rides beat-up vespas.

Rapid-fire, color saturated scenes are spliced with cartoon sequences - leaving a syrupy sweet depiction of some of the Harajuku/Yoyogi park girls in japan.

If you've been yearning for a near mindless, yet amusing look at Japanese female counterculture with the editing, cinematography, and style of Trainspotting (sans drug use) and Run Lola Run, this might be your cup of tea.

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