Kamikaze Girls

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Starring: Kyôko Fukada
Rated: Unrated
Type: DVD
Directed By: Tetsuya Nakashima
Studio: Viz Video
Release Date: 2006-01-10
Running Time: 103 minutes
Studio: Viz Media Llc Release Date: 01/10/2006

I Love this Movie
This was the first movie I had ever watched with subtitles and I have to say, it was great. I had always thought that having to read the dialog myself would be distracting or take away from the movie but it did nothing of the sort. It is extremely funny at times and a movie that I have seen many times since purchasing the DVD.

Way better than the book
For anyone who read the book and was dissapointed by its lack of actual storyline until at least half way through the novel should give the movie a try. I was soooo excited when I rented it because it's one of those movies that is just plain out fun to watch.

Great movie!
Before I start, I have to sa that the subtitels are FINE. and you can READ THEM. A lot of people b--- about it, but I could read them just fine!

For the movie, it was great. Cute, funny, and even brought a tear to my eye. The movie really showed me how great Japanses movies can be (that are not based on Anime) I hope to find more like this. I really injoy the Lolita look, and might protray it now.

All in all this is a great movie.

Shimotsuma Monogatari (Kamikaze Girls)
This is a very fun, and cute movie that also has some morals in it. I recommend it to anyone who is curious or a lover of the Lolita style in Japan. Kyoko Fukada and Anna Tsuchiya are both very good actresses!

Frills & Flowers
"Kamikaze Girls" is wildly inventive. Japanese pop star Kyoko Fukada plays Momoko, a girl whose heart and style are attached to the Rococo period in France where dresses bloomed frills & flowers, beautiful and ornate. The visual look of this film is a key element. Stylistically, ABC's TV series "Pushing Daisies" is kin with its larger than life settings. Fukada does a great job with wide-eyed innocence. Ichigo is played by Anna Tsuchiya as a motorcycle girl whose hard edges and constant spitting are the polar opposites of Momoko. Tetsuya Nakashima does a good job directing this wildly improbably but thoroughly entertaining piece.

Many of the supporting cast are also excellent. Hiroyuki Miyasako who was in Casshern: Director's Cut plays Momoko's heartbroken father. His zany antics are over-the-top as he parades around in his boxers and has a flatulence episode. Kirin Kiki who has been in over 60 films plays Momoko's grandmother who seems a bit touched in the head, but who can pull a dragonfly out of the air. Ryoko Shinohara plays Momoko's mother who abandoned the family to pursue her dream of happiness. Yoshinori Okada's cameo as the owner of the Baby, the Stars Shine Bright clothing store is somewhere between Elvis Presley and Liberace in style. With cabbages flying unpredictably, this is a delightfully brainy piece of Japanese cinema. Enjoy!