Kamikaze Girls

May 29, 2004

1h 42m

★ 7.0

The extraordinary adventures of a Lolita-look aficionado and a tough biker gang chick.

Overview

Momoko is an ordinary girl, living an ordinary life. Ordinary, that is, if you define ordinary as wearing elaborate lolita dresses from the Rococo period in 18th Century France. However, when punk girl and self-styled 'Yanki' Ichiko comes calling, her days as 'ordinary' are most certainly numbered...

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

Amuse Pictures

Hakuhodo DY Media Partners

Ogura Jimusyo

PARCO

Shogakukan

TOHO

TBS

Horipro

Tokyo FM

Kamikaze Girls Trailers

Cast

Momoko Ryugasaki

Kyoko Fukada

Ichigo Shirayuri

Anna Tsuchiya

Momoko's Father

Hiroyuki Miyasako

Momoko's Mother

Ryoko Shinohara

Ryuji 'the Unicorn' / Doctor

Sadawo Abe

Baby 'The Stars Shine Bright' Owner

Yoshinori Okada

Akimi

Eiko Koike

Miko

Shin Yazawa

Grocery Store Manager

Yoshiyoshi Arakawa

Pachinko Parlor Manager

Katsuhisa Namase

Yakuza Boss

Hirotaro Honda

Momoko's Grandmother

Kirin Kiki

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