Five schoolgirls find a gun. What could POSSIBLY go wrong? 🎀🔫
A youth comedy depicting five high school girls who got a revolver by chance and solve their problems with it.
Acting
Five leads commit to unhinged group chemistry.
Direction
Kashima balances cute aesthetics with genuine tension.
Writing
Brazen premise that actually follows through.
Director
Tsutomu Kashima
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released at the tail end of Japan's 2000s 'kawaii' subculture boom, BOM! weaponizes girlish aesthetics against itself.
Yuko Ogura was already an idol sensation; her casting brought guaranteed controversy to such a transgressive role.
JP
