A high-school girl inherits a declining yakuza organization, which seeks to repair its fortunes under her leadership.
Acting
Yakushimaru's deadpan delivery sells every absurd moment.
Direction
Sōmai's roaming camera turns mundane scenes into operatic chaos.
Score
That theme song will live rent-free in your skull forever.
Director
Shinji Sōmai
Hiroko Yakushimaru
Izumi Hoshi
Yuki Kazamatsuri
Mayumi Sandaiji
Masaaki Daimon
Masa
Shingo Yanagisawa
Tomoo
Shinpei Hayashiya
Hiko
Minori Terada
Hagiwara
Toshiya Sakai
Akira
Ken Mitsuishi
Shūhei
Rentaro Mikuni
Hajime Sandaiji
Akira Emoto
Detective Kuroki
Kazuo Kitamura
Hamaguchi
Makoto Satō
Sekine
Tsunehiko Watase
Makoto Sakuma
Kamatari Fujiwara
Ryuji Hoshi
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The film captures Japan's 1980s bubble economy anxiety—old institutions crumbling while youth culture explodes.
The iconic theme song was so beloved it spawned a 1982 TV series remake with the same star—rare in Japanese cinema.
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