Bounce Ko Gals (1997)

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".

Director:

Masato Harada

Writer:

Masato Harada

Stars:

Hitomi Satô, Yasue Satô, Yukiko Okamoto

10 wins.

Cast

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

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.

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Plot Keywords:

japanese schoolgirl | enjo kosai | love | dating | japanese high school girl | 

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Official Sites:

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

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Release Date:

18 October 1997 (Japan)

Also Known As:

Bounce Ko Gals

Company Credits

Production Co:

Horipro, Panasonic Digital Contents, Shochiku

Technical Specs

Runtime:

110 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

User Reviews

One of the best films of the year - perhaps the best.

Story about japanese high-school girls, who earn their extra pocket-money as call-girls. Movie is sad, funny, tragic, and very critical about the japanese society. Specially male-society. There is nothing too much or little in this perfect film.