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Kamikaze Girls (live-action movie)

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Alternative title:
Shimotsuma Monogatari (Japanese)
Shimotsuma Story
下妻物語 (Japanese)
Genres: comedy, drama
Plot Summary: Momoko is a girl who cares for nothing but frilly lace dresses and wishes she was in 18th century rococo France rather than dorky Shimotsuma. It's a backwater to which her Yakuza father has fled, and populated by small towners with no sense for elegant fashion. What can a girl do but dismiss everybody around her as not worthy and instead indulge her whims in Tokyo's specialty stores... Then biker girl Ichiko arrives like a barbarian at the gate and does her confused best to turn Momoko's life upside down. Despite professed indifference both are curious about, even a bit jealous of, the other's lifestyle. Slowly a bond starts to form between them but when tested it is less than clear if it has grown strong enough to tear down Momoko's frilly fence.
Running time: 102 minutes
Vintage: 2004-05-29
Premiere date:
2004-05-29 (Japan)
Ending Theme:
"Hey My Friend" by Tommy Heavenly6
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Blu-ray (Region A)
    Kamikaze Girls (Sub.Blu-ray) 2024-02-27 (from $24.95)
Blu-ray (Region B)
    Kamikaze Girls - [UK] (Sub.Blu-ray) 2010-02-08 (from $19.71)
DVD (Region 1)
    Kamikaze Girls (Sub.DVD) 2006-01-10 (from $29.90)
DVD (Region 2)
    Kamikaze Girls - [UK] (Sub.DVD) 2010-02-08 (from $101.98)
Novel
    Kamikaze Girls [Hardcover] (Novel) 2006-02-07 (from $14.39)
    Kamikaze Girls [Paperback] (Novel 1) 2007-11-20 (from $7.99)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Tetsuya Nakashima
Screenplay: Tetsuya Nakashima
Music: Yōko Kanno
Original creator: Novala Takemoto
Animation Director: Yojiro Nishimura
Executive producer:
Kunikatsu Kondo
Yokichi Osato
Producer:
Satoru Ogura
Takashi Hirano
Yuuji Ishida

Assistant producer:
Arimasa Okada
Sachiko Sone
Cinematography: Masakazu Ato
Co-executive producer:
Kazuya Hamana
Masayuki Miyashita
Film Editing: Chiaki Toyama
Lighting Director: Taro Kimura
Line Producer: Yutaka Suzuki
Production Design: Towaku Kuwashima
Production manager: Tadao Osawa
Sound Recording: Junichi Shima
Theme Song Performance: Tommy heavenly (ED)
Visual Effects: Masahide Yanagawase
Anna Tsuchiya as Ichigo Shirayuri
Kyōko Fukada as Ryugasaki Momoko

Eiko Koike as Akimi
Hirotaro Honda as Yakuza Boss
Hiroyuki Miyasako as Momoko's Father
Katsuhisa Namase as Pachinko Parlor Manager
Kirin Kiki as Momoko's Grandmother
Mayuko Fukuda as Young Momoko
Sadao Abe as Designer and Owner
Shin Yazawa as Miko
Vincent Giry as French Rococo Period Gentleman
Yōko Maki as BTSSB Staff
Yoshinori Okada as "Baby, The Stars Shine Bright" Owner
YosiYosi Arakawa as Grocery Store Manager
Japanese companies
English staff
English companies
Producer: Seiji Horibuchi

Production manager:
Hiromi Makepeace
Koichi Sekizaki
Associate Producer: Video Arts, Inc.
Licensed by:
Discotek Media (2023)
Third Window Films (UK & Ireland)
Viz Media (Expired)
Logo Design: jaPRESS
Sleeve Design: jaPRESS
English cast
(none)
Spanish staff
Spanish cast
ADR Director:
Azucena Díaz (Spain dub; Catalan dub)
Translation:
María Gomila (Catalan dub)
Michiko Tsuboi (Spain dub)
ADR Script:
Esmeralda Barreyro (Spain dub)
Manel Lázaro (Catalan dub)

ADR Engineer:
Héctor Ruiz (Spain dub; Catalan dub)
Raúl Echevarría (Spain dub; Catalan dub)
Language Consultant: Odile Arqué (Catalan dub)
Mix Engineer:
Ferrán Mosquera (Spain dub; Catalan dub)
Production Assistant: Gloria Posada (Catalan dub)
Elisa Beuter as Ichigo Shirayuri (Catalan dub)
Graciela Molina as Ichigo Shirayuri (Spain dub)
Núria Trifol as Momoko Ryugasaki (Catalan dub; Spain dub)

Alex Meseguer as Momoko's Father (Catalan dub)
Alfonso Vallés as Yakuza Boss (Catalan dub)
Antonio Lara as Momoko's Father (Spain dub)
Azucena Díaz as Momoko's Grandmother (Catalan dub; Spain dub)
Carles Lladó as Isobe (Catalan dub; Spain dub)
Carmen Ambrós as Akimi (Catalan dub; Spain dub)
Cristal Barreyro as BTSSB Staff (Catalan dub; Spain dub)
Francesc Góngora as Mizuno (Spain dub)
Gemma Ibáñez as
Macha (Spain dub)
Yakuza B (Catalan dub)
Jaume Aguiló as
Ryuji (Catalan dub)
Yakuza D (Spain dub)
Juan Carlos Gustems as Yakuza Boss (Spain dub)
Luis Grau as Owner (Catalan dub)
Maria Rosa Guillén as Miko (Catalan dub; Spain dub)
Marta Barbará as Momoko's Mother (Catalan dub; Spain dub)
Rafael Parra as Yakuza B (Spain dub)
Roger Pera as Ryuji (Spain dub)
Sergio Mesa as Grocery Store Manager (Catalan dub; Spain dub)
Spanish companies
Broadcaster: La 2 (Spain)
Dubbing Studio:
Dubbing Films (Spain dub; Catalan dub)
Internet Streaming: Amazon Prime Video (Spain)
Licensed by: Mediatres Estudio (Spain)
Italian staff
Italian cast
(none)
Beatrice Caggiula as Ichigo Shirayuri
Patrizia Mottola as Momoko Ryugasaki

Luca Ghignone as Baby
Italian companies
(none)

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