| Sailor Suit and Machine Gun | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Shinji Sōmai |
| Produced by | Kei Ijichi |
| Written by | Jirō Akagawa (novel) Yōzō Tanaka (writer) |
| Starring | Hiroko Yakushimaru Tsunehiko Watase |
| Music by | Katz Hoshi |
| Cinematography | Seizō Sengen |
| Editing by | Akira Suzuki |
| Distributed by | Toei Company |
| Release date(s) | 1981 |
| Running time | 112 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
Sailor Suit and Machine Gun (セーラー服と機関銃 Sērā-fuku to kikanjū) is a Japanese novel by prolific author Jirō 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 delinquent schoolgirl named Izumi Hoshi who inherits her father's clan. The title is a reference to a scene where the main character shoots several rival gang members with a submachine 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.[1]
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Sailor Suit and Machine Gun was released in a double bill with Moeru yūsha on 19 December 1981. Distribution income for the bill reached number one on the domestic market for the period including 1982, eventually totaling ¥2.3 billion.[2]
The cast of the drama series was as follows:[3]
| Character | (Japanese) | Actor | (Japanese) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Izumi Hoshi | 星 泉 | Masami Nagasawa | 長澤 まさみ |
| Takashi Hoshi | 星 貴志 | Jun Hashizume | 橋爪 淳 |
| Makoto Sakuma | 佐久間 真 | Shinichi Tsutsumi | 堤 真一 |
| Kinzo Sakai | 酒井 金造 | Yamamoto Ryūji | 山本 龍二 |
| Kenji Sakai | 酒井 健次 | Akiyoshi Nakao | 中尾 明慶 |
| Nishino Takeshi | 西野 武 | Hiromasa Taguchi | 田口 浩正 |
| Hideki Gōda | 剛田 英樹 | Hiroaki Fukui | 福井 博章 |
| Mayumi | 真由美 | Kyōko Koizumi | 小泉 今日子 |
| Hajime Sandaiji | 三大寺 一 | Ken Ogata (cameo) | 緒形 拳 |
| Kōhei Kuroki | 黒木 幸平 | Mantarō Koichi | 小市 慢太郎 |
| Michio Inaba | 稲葉 通男 | Ken Ijiwa | 井澤 健 |
| Noboru Hamaguchi | 浜口 昇 | Hirotarō Honda | 本田 博太郎 |
| Mitsuaki Shibata | 柴田 光明 | Hideo Nakano | 中野 英雄 |
| Ranmaru Mori | 森 蘭丸 | Ken Mori | 森 廉 |
| Tomō Iwakura | 岩倉 智男 | Hajime Okayama | おかやま はじめ |
| Reika Kaneda | 金田 麗華 | Yūko Morimoto | 森本 ゆうこ |
| Kazuko Tokiwa | 常盤 和子 | Jūri Ihata | 井端 珠里 |
| Akemi Kobayashi | 小林 朱美 | Arisa Tani | 谷 亜里咲 |
| Tatsuo Medaka | 目高 辰雄 | Kokinji Katsura | 桂 小金治 |
| First floor resident | Sōsuke Sugiura | 杉浦 双亮 |
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