Shimotsuma monogatari (2004)

Calificación de los usuarios:

7.5/10   

Director:

Tetsuya Nakashima

Writers:

Nobara Takemoto (novel)
Tetsuya Nakashima (screenplay)

Release Date:

29 mayo 2004 (Japan)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

Momoko is an ordinary girl, living an ordinary life. Ordinary, that is, if you define ordinary as wearing...

Plot Keywords:

Outcast | Lolita Fashion | Scooter | Motorcycle Gang | Tokyo Japan

Awards:

14 wins & 2 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Divine Sisterhood of Kamikaze Girls

Cast

Kyôko Fukada	...	Momoko Ryugasaki
Anna Tsuchiya	...	Ichigo Shirayuri
Hiroyuki Miyasako	...	Momoko's Father
Sadao Abe	...	Ryuji 'the Unicorn' / Doctor
Eiko Koike	...	Akimi
Shin Yazawa	...	Miko
Hirotaro Honda	...	Yakuza Boss
Kirin Kiki	...	Momoko's Grandmother
YosiYosi Arakawa	...	Grocery Store Manager
Katsuhisa Namase	...	Pachinko Parlor Manager
Ryoko Shinohara	...	Momoko's Mother
Yoshinori Okada	...	Baby, 'The Stars Shine Bright' Owner
Kanako Irie
Haruo Mizuno	...	Himself
Yuichi Kimura	...	Yakuza

También conocida como:

Kamikaze Girls (International: English title)

Duración:

Japan:102 min

País:

Japan

Idioma:

Japanese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sonido:

Dolby SR

Clasificación:

France:U | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | South Korea:15

Company:

Amuse Pictures

Trivialidades:

The fashion company featured in the film, BABY, THE STARS SHINE BRIGHT, is an actual Lolita dress company based in the Shibuya neighborhood of Tokyo.

Quotes:

Ichigo Shirayuri: Hey, Momoko. Women shouldn't cry in public.
Momoko Ryugasaki: But there's no one here.

Divine Sisterhood of Kamikaze Girls

After a series of well crafted and highly imaginative features, strangely initiating their collective march, the year 2004 became easily recognizable as a strong starting point for the genre that fuses real life situations with surreal imagery, fantasy sequences and eccentric music.

Although it has been done before, I think lately directors have grown more keen to devoting more time and money into creating something that is as unconventional to the mind as it is hard for people to even categorize or describe to one another.

Kamikaze Girls tells a story of Momoko, young student infatuated with the 18th century life style and beliefs, perfectly enduring a life without any friends and sharing interest in designing summery clothes. Her time of tranquility and virtue are disrupted by the newly acquainted female biker named Ichigo, who looks just as tough as she sounds. At first glance both characters seem very vulnerable to overplaying their roles and coming off pretentious and forced, but they manage not only to avoid such frailties but also provide good comical sense and delivery without tiring clichés. A then debuting actress Anna Tsuchiya is remarkable and effortlessly showcases her talent by diving into her character's past and portraying someone very different from who she has become now. In some ways she reminded me of Cecilia Cheung and her wonderful debut in King Of Comedy.

The conflict of the story is rather light and its resolution is equally fitting without overindulging itself with melodrama and tragedy. It was time well spent and even though I didn't acquire a great piece of mind, I know that I enjoyed every minute of this film.

Within such genre of limitless possibilities and with these similar yet unique films like Mind Game, Survive Style 5+ and Otakus in Love, the future of visionary cinema is looking exceptionally promising and I hope that some of these first time directors only grow stronger and dive deeper into the realm of their richly ambient senses to express even the simplest tales of life.