Bounce Ko Gals

Bounce Ko Gals (バウンス ko GALS, Baunsu ko gyaru) is a 1997 Japanese crime drama film written and directed by Masato Harada.^[1][2] Its alternative English-language titles are Call Girls and Leaving.

Filmed in somewhat of a documentary style,^[3] it follows the course of three girls for a day and a night in the popular district of Shibuya in Tokyo.

The main characters are: Jonko (Hitomi Satō), who runs a group of high-school girls involved in paid dating (in Japanese, Enjo kōsai); Raku (Yasue Sato), a high-schooler and street dancer; and Lisa (Yukiko Okamoto), a student who worked for a year, saving enough money to buy a plane ticket and travel to study in New York City.

Cast

• Hitomi Satō as Jonko
• Yasue Sato as Raku-chan
• Yukiko Okamoto as Risa
• Kōji Yakusho as Ōshima
• Jun Murakami as Sap
• Shin Yazawa as Maru
• Kaori Momoi as Saki
• Maori as Kuji
• Kaitō Ren as Shingo
• Yūjin Harada as Moro
• Hiroshige Ikeda as Neon
• Hitoshi Kiyokawa as Tera
• Kazuki Kosakai as Koide

Awards and nominations

40th Blue Ribbon Awards^[4]

• Won: Best Film
• Won: Best Director – Masato Harada
• Won: Best Newcomer – Hitomi Satō

22nd Hochi Film Award^[5]

• Won: Best Director – Masato Harada
• Won: Best Actor – Kōji Yakusho

References

1. ^ "ja:バウンス Ko GALS" [Bounce Ko Gals] (in Japanese). Movie Walker Press. Retrieved May 3, 2015.
2. ^ "ja:バウンス Ko GALS" [Bounce Ko Gals] (in Japanese). Japanese Cinema Database. Retrieved May 3, 2015.
3. ^ "Letterboxd". Letterboxd
4. ^ "ja:ブルーリボン賞ヒストリー" (in Japanese). Cinema Hochi. Archived February 7, 2009 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved January 18, 2010.
5. ^ "ja:報知映画賞ヒストリー" (in Japanese). Cinema Hochi. Archived October 5, 2011 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved January 18, 2010.

External links

• Bounce Ko Gals at IMDb
• Bounce Ko Gals at allcinema (in Japanese)
• Bounce Ko Gals at KINENOTE (in Japanese)