Yo-Yo Girl Cop
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| Sukeban Deka: Codename = Saki Asamiya | |
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| Directed by | Kenta Fukasaku |
| Produced by | Tatsuya Kunimatsu |
| Written by | Shoichi Maruyama |
| Starring | Aya Matsuura v-u-den Riki Takeuchi Shunsuke Kubozuka |
| Music by | Goro Yasukawa |
| Cinematography | Takashi Komatsu |
| Editing by | Chieko Suzaki |
| Distributed by | Magnolia Home Entertainment |
| Release date(s) | September 30, 2006 (Japan) 2007 (United States) |
| Running time | 98 min |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
| Preceded by | Sukeban Deka II (1988) |
Sekeban Deka:Codename = Asamiya Saki スケバン刑事 コードネーム=麻宮サキ (Sukeban Deka: Kōdonēmu = Asamiya Saki literally "Delinquent Girl Detective: Codename = Saki Asamiya") is a 2006 Japanese live action film by Kenta Fukasaku. The movie closely follows the manga series which was written and illustrated by Shinji Wada. Being a sequel to Sukeban Deka II, it is the third film in the franchise.
Yo-Yo Girl Cop stars Aya Matsuura with the lead role as Saki Asamiya and Rika Ishikawa cast as her rival, Reika Akiyama. Yuki Saito, who played the role of Saki in the first live action TV series, stars as Saki's mother. The movie was released on September 30, 2006 in Japan[1] and in the United States on July 17, 2007[2] by Magnolia Pictures[3] as Yo-Yo Girl Cop.
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[edit] Cast
- Aya Matsuura as Saki Asamiya (麻宮 サキ Asamiya Saki)
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- Rika Ishikawa as Reika Akiyama (秋山 レイカ Akiyama Reika)
- Erika Miyoshi as Kotomi Kanda (神田 琴美 Kanda Kotomi)
- Yui Okada as Tae Konno (今野 多英 Konno Tae)
- Yuki Saito as Saki's Mother
- Hiroyuki Nagato as Keishi Kurayami (暗闇警視 Kurayami Keishi)
- Shunsuke Kubozuka as Jiro Kimura (騎村 時郎 Kimura Jirō)
- Riki Takeuchi as Kazutoshi Kira (吉良 和俊 Kira Kazutoshi)
- Masai Ōtani, another Hello! Project member makes a cameo appearance in the film.
- Tak Sakaguchi as a member of the Enola Gay gang
[edit] Music
The movie's theme song, "Thanks!" is by the Hello! Project group GAM, consisting of Aya Matsuura and Miki Fujimoto. The song "Shinkirō Romance", also by GAM, was used an insert song.
[edit] U.K. release
Yo-Yo Girl Cop was licensed for U.K. release by 4Digital Asia, a sublabel of 4Digital Media,[4] formerly Ilc Entertainment. The new sub-label was launched in 2008 to fill the gap in the U.K. for "Asia Extreme" titles created by the demise of label Tartan. It was released on DVD on September 22.[5]
[edit] Miscellaneous
This movie was parodied in the softcore V-Cinema release, Yo-Yo Sexy Girl Cop (スケパン刑事 バージンネーム=諸見栄サキ ,Sukepan Deka: Baajinnēmu = Moromie Saki, literally "See-Through Panties Detective: Virgin Name = Saki Moromie"), directed by Daigo Udagawa and starring AV Idol Mihiro. In addition to its similar name, the cover artwork was almost a reproduction of that for Yo-Yo Girl Cop. The DVD was released in Japan in November 2006 and in the US with English subtitles in November 2008.[6][7][8]
[edit] References and footnotes
- ^ "Sukeban Deka news" (in Japanese). http://www.sukeban.jp/news.html. Retrieved 2006-07-23.
- ^ "Yo-yo Girl Cop". VideoETA.com. http://videoeta.com/movie/94591. Retrieved 2007-07-13.
- ^ http://promo.magpictures.com/yoyo%20girl%20cop/magnolia%20__/YO-YO%20Dialogue/YO-YO(EDialogue-1).TXT
- ^ Company website located at http://www.4digitalmedia.com/
- ^ DVD release details found here: http://www.4digitalmedia.com/index.php/details/4
- ^ "Yo-Yo Sexy Girl Cop". AllMovie. http://www.allmovie.com/work/yo-yo-sexy-girl-cop-469700. Retrieved 2009-07-15.
- ^ "スケパン刑事 バージンネーム＝諸見栄サキ(2006)" (in Japanese). AllCinema. http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=325921. Retrieved 2009-07-15.
- ^ "Sukepan deka: Bâjin nêmu = Moromie Saki (2006)(V)". IMdB. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1076862/. Retrieved 2009-07-15.
[edit] External links
- Official website (Japanese)
- Yo-Yo Girl Cop at the Internet Movie Database
- Yo-Yo Girl Cop at Allmovie
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