80s Japanese teens solve murder while looking fabulous. Chaos ensues.
Two high school girls get mixed up in murder while investigating the disappearance of a classmate.
Cinematography
Garish 80s color grading that accidentally looks amazing.
Acting
Tomisaburō Wakayama treating teen drama like Shakespearean tragedy.
Production
Micro-budget ambition that swings for Hitchcock and lands somewhere else.
Director
Hiromichi Kawakami
Sawako Kitahara
Sawako Kitabayashi
Tomisaburō Wakayama
Yusaku Mayama
Kayo Matsuo
Yukie Munekata
Isao Hashizume
Hisazo Miike
Kai Ato
Sakichi Kitabayashi
Mitsuko Oka
Yoshiko Kobayashi
Hiroshi Miyauchi
Detective Yano
Nobuyuki Katsube
Takeshi Kitano
Ramen shop owner
Noboru Nakaya
Dr. Mikami
Asei Kobayashi
Director of Hoshiyama
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Hiromichi Kawakami made pink films before this; the sleaze DNA is visible in every close-up.
Part of the 1980s 'shōjo suspense' boom that let teen girls be messy, horny, and occasionally homicidal.
JP
