Sailor Suit and Machine Gun

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name = Sailor Suit and Machine Gun


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director = Shinji Sōmai
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writer = Jirō Akagawa (novel)
Yōzō Tanaka (writer)
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starring = Hiroko Yakushimaru
Tsunehiko Watase
music = Masaru Hoshi
cinematography = Seizō Sengen
editing = Akira Suzuki
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released = 1981
runtime = 112 min
country = Japan
language = Japanese
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imdb_id = 0083021

nihongo|"Sailor Suit and Machine Gun"|セーラー服と機関銃|Sailor-fuku to kikanjū is a Japanese novel by prolific author Jiro Akagawa. It was well-received and adapted into comedy/action film originally released in 1981. A satirical take on yakuza films, the storyline of the film involves a teenage schoolgirl named Izumi Hoshi who inherits her father's clan. The title is an oblique reference to a scene where the main character shoots several rival gang members with a machine gun, while wearing a sailor-fuku, a traditional Japanese school uniform. The film stars Japanese idol Hiroko Yakushimaru as the main character.

"Sailor Suit and Machine Gun" is relatively well-known in its home country, and spawned two television series based and expanding upon its story, one in 1982, and one in 2006. Outside of Japan, it is popular in some cult film circles, but has not garnered much mainstream attention. It has been released on Region 2 and Region 3 DVD, the latter being its first release that featured English subtitles. [ [http://www.twitchfilm.net/archives/008737.html twitchfilm.net] ]

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*imdb title|id=0083021|title=Sailor-fuku to kikanjū
* [http://www.tbs.co.jp/kikanjyu2006/ Official website] for the 2006 television version.