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Sailor Suit and Machine Gun is a 1981 Japanese yakuza film directed by Shinji Sōmai, starring Japanese idol Hiroko Yakushimaru as the main character and based on the novel of the same name by Jirō Akagawa. It was released on 19 December 1981. A satirical take on yakuza films, the storyline involves a teenage delinquent schoolgirl named Izumi Hoshi who inherits her father's yakuza 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, the traditional Japanese school uniform.
Original Release
12/19/1981
Cast
Name | Character |
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Hiroko Yakushimaru | Izumi Hoshi |
Tsunehiko Watase | Makoto Sakuma |
Rentaro Mikuni | Hajime 'Fatso' Sandaiji / Hajime Sandaiji |
Yuki Kazamatsuri | Mayumi Sandaiji |
Kazuo Kitamura | Hamaguchi, President of Hamaguchi Products / Hamaguchi |
Akira Emoto | Detective Kuroki |
Masaaki Daimon | Masa of Medaka-gumi / Masa |
Makoto Satô | Sekine, Leader of Matsunoki-gumi / Sekine |
Minori Terada | Hagiwara |
Kamatari Fujiwara | Ryûji Hoshi / Ryuji Hoshi |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Hiroko Yakushimaru | Izumi Hoshi |
Tsunehiko Watase | Makoto Sakuma |
Rentaro Mikuni | Hajime 'Fatso' Sandaiji / Hajime Sandaiji |
Yuki Kazamatsuri | Mayumi Sandaiji |
Kazuo Kitamura | Hamaguchi, President of Hamaguchi Products / Hamaguchi |
Akira Emoto | Detective Kuroki |
Masaaki Daimon | Masa of Medaka-gumi / Masa |
Makoto Satô | Sekine, Leader of Matsunoki-gumi / Sekine |
Minori Terada | Hagiwara |
Kamatari Fujiwara | Ryûji Hoshi / Ryuji Hoshi |
Kazuo Amuro | Boy |
Yôko Amuro | Girl |
Kazuo Arai | Member of Sekine-gumi #1 |
Seiko Fujiki | Maid in the Mountain Cottage |
Sumiyo Hasegawa | Kazuko, Izumi's Classmate |
Shinpei Hayashiya | Hiko of Medaka-gumi / Hiko |
Masamitsu Hirota | Hagiwara's Henchman |
Daisuke Iijima | Member of Sekine-gumi #2 |
Hisashi Imai | Motorcycle Gang Member |
Shintarô Ishikawa | Fatso's Bodyguard #1 |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Haruki Kadokawa | Executive Producer |
Hidenori Taga | Executive Producer |
Kei Ijichi | Producer |
Tsutomu Yamamoto | Producer |