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Shimotsuma monogatari
Today we went to see 下妻物語 (Shimotsuma monogatari or "Shimotsuma Story", Shimotsuma being a small town in Ibaraki prefecture), the new comedy starring Fukada Kyōko.
The movie is about Momoko (Fukada Kyōko), a 17-year-old living in Shimotsuma and who loves I0Ilta clothing, who becomes friends with Ichigo, a tough girl part of a group of modified-scooter-riding yankee girls called the Pony Tails.
The whole film is quite hilarious, mocking stereotypes of Ibaraki and country-side such as yankees (rednecks), yakuza getting rich selling fake brand items (Versach for instance), everyone wearing cheap clothes from Jusco, the large fields, and a bit of the pronounced accents. Very entertaining!
As we were waiting in line to see the movie, we saw some girls dressed up in I0Ilta clothes coming out of the previous screening, probably heading to their weekly Harajuku outing...
Update 6/14 16:52
The film will play abroad under the title "Kamikaze girls"(!?). (Google)
Posted on June 13, 2004 at 20:12 | Tweet
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