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Kyoko Fukada (Takeshi Kitano's Dolls) plays Momoko who yearns to be part of the Rococo aristocracy. A shame then, as she was born 200 years too late.
Ardent loner Momoko is born into the Yakuza heartland. She feels, however, more at home in Versaille than her remote hometown of Shimotsuma, Ibaraki. Her appetite for the lavish doll-like fashion known to its disciples as the "Lolita" look is insatiable.
The uber-rebel Ichiko, played by model and cult J-rock icon Anna Tsuchiya, is a Bosozoku motorcycle-gang member. On a 50cc scooter. Laugh at your own risk before she knocks your teeth out. Her Ponytails gang is one of Ibaraki's "wild speed tribes", whose teeth-rattling customized bikes are decked out with their fibreglass shields and bannered backrests. She, too, is decked out in her elaborately decorated Tokkofuku boiler-suits.
In a world is as colourful as Momoko's sweet-filled lunchbox, the path of these 2 incongruous girls cross one languid summer. Asses are kicked (and garments embroidered). KAMIKAZE GIRLS: where Rameau meets the Japanese underbelly on the summery streets of Tokyo. Meet some different Girls on a Motorcycle that would make The Bride blush... |
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As the Japanese saying goes, the nail that sticks out gets hammered down.
That ain't true of Momoko and Ichiko.
Kamikaze Girls, written and directed by Nakashima Tetsuya, was created by hot cult author Novala Takemoto. The secret of Takemoto's continued success in Japan (his debut, Sewing Machine sold 500,000 alone) is the sympathetic portraits of his protagonists filled with ennui that have struck a chord with disenfranchised young Japan.
The girls that populate his candy-coloured universe are, as the Japanese proverb goes, the protruding nails. Ever mindful of their growing pains and, of course, the fickle tastes in kitsch fashion that fill the painfully-fashionable streets of Harajuku and Daikan-yama. |
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Born in 1959 in Fukuoka. Won many awards as commercial
director. Directed numerous TV series. Films directed by Nakashima are
follows:
Beautiful Sunday 1998
Natsu Jikan No Otona Tachi 1997
Bakayaro! Watashi okotte Masu 1988(segment2)
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| TITLE : Kamikaze Girls |
DATA : 35mm/color/1:1.85/103min. |
| DIRECTOR : Tetsuya NAKASHIMA |
CAST : Kyoko FUKADA / Anna TSUCHIYA |
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The 29th Hochi Movie Awards
Best New Actor - Anna TSUCHIYA
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The 28th Japan Academy Prize/Outstanding performance
Leading Role - Kyoko FUKADA
Supporting Role/Rookie - Anna TSUCHIYA
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The 27th Yokohama Movie Awards
Best Picture
Best Director - Tetsuya NAKASHIMA
Best Actress - Kyoko FUKADA
Best Supporting Actress - Kirin KIKI
Best New Actor -Anna TSUCHIYA
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The 78th Kinema Jumpo Best 10
Best New Actor - Anna TSUCHIYA
Japanese Movie Best Ten- 3rd
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