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Yo-Yo Girl Cop (2006)
Directed by Kenta Fukasaku
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Overview
Recruited by a clandestine police organization, “K” must stop a plot by student radicals to create anarchy in Japan. Armed with a hi-tech steel yo-yo, and a new name (Asamiya Saki), she must infiltrate an elite high school to find the terrorists but finds an even more sinister plan is about to unfold.
Length 98 minutes
Actors
Aya Matsuura | Rika Ishikawa | Erika Miyoshi | Yui Okada | Yuki Saito | Tak Sakaguchi | Hiroyuki Nagato | Shunsuke Kubozuka | Riki Takeuchi | Makoto Sakamoto | Tsuyoshi Hirose | Takashi Nishina | Houka Kinoshita
Viewing History (seen 2 times)
| Date Viewed | Device | Format | Source | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11/17/2022 | TV | DVD | Owned | 7 stars |
| 12/19/2008 | TV | DVD | Rented | 7 stars |
| (Average) 7 stars |
Viewing Notes
The opening minutes had me thinking this would be a good one for movie night. However, it gets a little sluggish in the middle before the gangbusters finale. Had forgotten Tak was in this but nice to revisit for my project bc this is a fun movie that probably wouldn’t be made today given all the awful high school violence. Altho who knows in Japan. It’s wild to watch this now.
Aya Matsuura is great as Saki the Sukeban Deka. A shame she didn’t go on to work more as an actor. She has terrific screen presence. Riki Takeuchi is p fun here but a little depressing to hear him called middle aged (he was 42). Tak is wasted in a bit role here as a cool henchman. Definitely needed more of him kicking ass.
2 years ago
Might need to borrow this one from you given the same director did X-CROSS.
2 years ago
I’ll set it aside to bring over! Definitely worth viewing.