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Bounce Ko Gals (1997)

Baunsu ko gaurusu (original title)
| Drama | 18 October 1997 (Japan)
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The film follows three modern Japanese schoolgirls in Tokyo as they flirt with lecherous old men and dodge the yakuza in the lucrative and sometimes dangerous practice of "enjo kosai" or "date clubs".

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Masato Harada

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Masato Harada

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Hitomi Satô, Yasue Satô, Yukiko Okamoto | See full cast & crew »
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Cast

Credited cast:
Hitomi Satô ... Jonko
Yasue Satô Yasue Satô ... Raku
Yukiko Okamoto Yukiko Okamoto ... Lisa
Jun Murakami ... Sap
Shin Yazawa Shin Yazawa ... Maru
Kaori Momoi ... Saki
Kôji Yakusho ... Oshima
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Mickey Curtis Mickey Curtis ... Bura-san
Shuzo Daemon Shuzo Daemon
Jun Etô Jun Etô
Eugene Eugene
Kumiko Hara Kumiko Hara
Ken Hirose Ken Hirose
Hiroshige Ikeda Hiroshige Ikeda
Masao Imafuku Masao Imafuku
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Storyline

Lisa is 16. She is leaving for New York tommorow at 11 a.m. She saved some money but she would like to get some more - just in case. As she tries to make money by shooting a video for girls-in-school-uniforms-demanding men she loses everything except her ticket. She meets two highschool girls, Raku and Jonko, professional call-girls, and spends the last night with them trying to make up the money that was stolen from her. Written by Prague Indies <pragueindies@hotmail.com>

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japanese schoolgirl | enjo kosai | love | dating | japanese high school girl | See All (5) »

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Official Sites:

Panasonic (DVD) (English) | Panasonic Digital Contents DVD (Japanese)

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Release Date:

18 October 1997 (Japan) See more »

Also Known As:

Bounce Ko Gals See more »

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Horipro, Panasonic Digital Contents, Shochiku See more »
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1.85 : 1
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