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7.4/10   2,186 votes
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Director:
Tetsuya Nakashima
Writers:
Nobara Takemoto (novel)
Tetsuya Nakashima (screenplay)
Contact:
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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:
Amelie meets Thelma & Louise meets Excel Saga more (24 total)

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
Ryôko Shinohara ... Momoko's Mother
Yoshinori Okada ... Baby, 'The Stars Shine Bright' Owner
Kanako Irie
Haruo Mizuno ... Himself
Yûichi 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:
France:U | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | South Korea:15 | UK:12 | Ireland:12A
Company:
Amuse Pictures more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
At the part when Ichigo and Momoko are having lunch together, Momoko is holding a pink book. The title reads "How to be a Lolita" in Japanese. more
Quotes:
Momoko Ryugasaki: Humans are cowards in the face of happiness. It takes courage to hold on to happiness. more

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23 out of 28 people found the following comment useful.
Amelie meets Thelma & Louise meets Excel Saga, 25 December 2004
9/10
Author: blindg from Italy

Simply absurd, imaginative, unreal. A naive Kyoko Fukada in Lolita shape, fan of embroidery and Rococò and its fabulous lacy dresses , meets a bad-to-the-bone female thug that will change her life. The story is the quintessence of pop culture's exaltation, a movie so coloured that makes Cutie Honey a faded charcoal, a demential opera as much as Excel Saga, a reflection on the true importance of friends and dears.

Kyoko Fukada's acting is perfect, she makes what she does better: an ingenuous little girl. Anna Tsuchiya is a very talented actress, can't wait to see her on the new Katsushito Ishii..

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