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Meet Momoko (Kyoko Fukada from The Ring 2 and Dolls ), a self-absorbed dreamer who fantasizes about fleeing her backcountry home and living life in 18th century Versailles. When she unexpectedly meets the rebellious Ichigo (Anna Tsuchiya from Dororo and Sakuran ), a rough-and-tumble biker chick, the two misfits form a unique friendship together, nothing can stop them! Born from the pages of favourite cult author Novala Takemoto, Kamikaze Girls is a frenetic roller-coaster ride brimming with day-glo visuals and wild hilarity that you will never forget!
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By mizzzzim
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One of my favourite films. A very sweet story about an unlikely friendship. You cannot help but love Momo and Ichiko :)
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A film not about fashion as the blurb writer tries to highlight, but about creating surrogate worlds to the real one, because the "real one" is too awful to contemplate.
Therefore for an individual who lacks connection - it is better to live in a self composed bubble than face up to a barren empty sterile emotional reality. The film is about a form of social autism that is so common it passes by unnoticed.
Here two young women have shut themselves down, from boys and other women, and inhabited roles and then built defences to close out people. These also operate as barriers, frustrating any sense of personal connection. The first character is a Lolita girl who lives for fashion and the second is a more masculine girl, someone involved in a "masculine protest" who rides a scooter. The latter operates as a milder form of "Hells Angel." As part of her mythology she lives within various personal myths and codes. These are central to the film.
Through the eyes of the two girls we see their mothers and fathers who operate in an emotional oblivion, lacking connection to their children as both sets of parents are locked into their surrogate worlds. With the Lolita girl her mother conducts an affair whilst she is being born. Meanwhile her father is a mind away in making counterfeit goods, wanting money and behaving both with cowardice and conceit. The biker girl comes from a family who wanted her to be the school geek; a role she overthrows with dramatic effect. There is an emotional profoundity to these backgrounds unseen in Western dramatics and the Eastern sense of emotional exploration, even for this film, essentially frivolous, a female buddy movie - it taps a whole strata deeper than anywhere else.... Read more ›
Therefore for an individual who lacks connection - it is better to live in a self composed bubble than face up to a barren empty sterile emotional reality. The film is about a form of social autism that is so common it passes by unnoticed.
Here two young women have shut themselves down, from boys and other women, and inhabited roles and then built defences to close out people. These also operate as barriers, frustrating any sense of personal connection. The first character is a Lolita girl who lives for fashion and the second is a more masculine girl, someone involved in a "masculine protest" who rides a scooter. The latter operates as a milder form of "Hells Angel." As part of her mythology she lives within various personal myths and codes. These are central to the film.
Through the eyes of the two girls we see their mothers and fathers who operate in an emotional oblivion, lacking connection to their children as both sets of parents are locked into their surrogate worlds. With the Lolita girl her mother conducts an affair whilst she is being born. Meanwhile her father is a mind away in making counterfeit goods, wanting money and behaving both with cowardice and conceit. The biker girl comes from a family who wanted her to be the school geek; a role she overthrows with dramatic effect. There is an emotional profoundity to these backgrounds unseen in Western dramatics and the Eastern sense of emotional exploration, even for this film, essentially frivolous, a female buddy movie - it taps a whole strata deeper than anywhere else.... Read more ›
I just can't stop watching this film over and over - it's become my all-time favourite. It's taken me all of my 60 years to find a film that I can understand so completely - I see parts of myself in each of these two lead characters, despite the fact that they are so beautifully and complimentary opposed... Fabulous script and storyline that actually requires the viewer to have some degree of intelligence to interpret it, and performances that are skilled beyond these girls young years. A bright dayglow beam of sunshine that is streets ahead of the grey porridge that drips out of lacklustre Holywood.... I love it - I want more..!!!! (^_^)
By P. S. Leigh
I laughed! I cried! I watched it again! I laughed some more! I cried some more! I told friends about it.
A solid cast in a film that doesn't take itself too seriously - it's a "motorbike emboridery chick-flick"!
Guys: Pick this film if you want better than even odds to impress that girl and still enjoy the movie yourself!
A solid cast in a film that doesn't take itself too seriously - it's a "motorbike emboridery chick-flick"!
Guys: Pick this film if you want better than even odds to impress that girl and still enjoy the movie yourself!
By Hula Dancer
If you've never bought a Japanese movie DVD before. Then the iconic "Kamikaze Girls" is the one to start with.
This is Japanese comedy at it`s best. Unusual stories, bizarre crazy characters. Extremely colourful to watch especially in this 1080 up scaling picture. The colours are incredible.
Momoko is obsessed with the Japanese pop fashion Lolita look. Ichiko is in the Kamikaze girls bike gang.
The two complete opposites meet and become unlikely best friends.
It is a Superb entertaining comedy.
The extras are good too. There is "the making of" which is interesting.
And interviews with the two stars Kyoko Fukada and Anna Tsuchiya. Who both look totally unrecognisable in real life to the characters they play in the film.
In all a Must Buy.!
This is Japanese comedy at it`s best. Unusual stories, bizarre crazy characters. Extremely colourful to watch especially in this 1080 up scaling picture. The colours are incredible.
Momoko is obsessed with the Japanese pop fashion Lolita look. Ichiko is in the Kamikaze girls bike gang.
The two complete opposites meet and become unlikely best friends.
It is a Superb entertaining comedy.
The extras are good too. There is "the making of" which is interesting.
And interviews with the two stars Kyoko Fukada and Anna Tsuchiya. Who both look totally unrecognisable in real life to the characters they play in the film.
In all a Must Buy.!
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A great fun movie showing several aspects of Japanese life. Characters are well portrayed and acted by both young and established actors. Filmed in locations that are recognisable to everyday folk in Japan though some of the jokes may be now dated - buying clothes from JUSCO. When I enjoy a movie I can watch it several times and then come back to it later - this one is a movie I can watch over and over. Brings back memories of Japan.
By JAF
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Cannot rate Kamikaze Girls highly enough. It is a fun movie that will constantly surprise and amuse. Not classic humour, but humour that will make you happy long after the last reel. Do not watch it once, there is so much visual humour you cannot afford to be distracted by the sub titles. The lead characters are amazing and give performances far beyond their age and experience, a credit to the director. Buy it watch it and enjoy.
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By Harlequin
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This film revolves around two very different girls. Momoko is a self absorbed dreamer who fantasises about leaving her backwater home and living life in 18th century france. she also dresses in frilly dresses and bonnets with a parasol (fancy umbrella) this is based on the fashion called "lolita" (no it's not the pervy sort you might think). Ichiko is a rebellious biker chick who spits and head butts and also wears a lovely long purple coat that is embroidered with japanese fonts these two meet unexpectedly and form a deep friendship and have some strange encounters along the way. The film is done in some really bright lovely "candy floss" colours which give the film some beautiful imaging. Ichigo is actually a very innocent girl who just acts tough but is really very sweet and vulnerable underneath the "tough" exterior and her acting bring this out to perfection. Momoko is very talented with the needle and cotton making lovely embroidery and is very savvy. this film is Japan urban kitsch pop-culture at it's best and will leave you happy/sad/nostalgic in turns. Watch a number of times and you will see much more of the story unfold that you "may" miss first time round. Highly recommended
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Absolutely mental and adorable at the same time. Good Times!!!
I saw this on TV and loved every second of it from start to finish. It is basically a film about teen bonding and quirky pop culture but done in a very surreal and wacky Japanese... Read more
Published on 25 May 2011 by Fast Friday
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The first time you watch this film you will be dazzled at the visual experience. Like an intense pop video that winds on for 90 minutes instead of 3, it leaves you at times... Read more
Published on 20 Jan 2011 by M. Fairman
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