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Sukeban
is a Japanese term meaning "delinquent girl", and the female equivalent to the male in Japanese culture. The usage of the word refers to either the leader of a girl gang or the entire gang itself, and is not used to refer to any one member of a girl gang.Yonekawa, Akihiko. ''Beyond Polite Japanese: A Dictionary of Japanese Slang and Colloquialisms'', 2001, pages 26–27. . The word was originally used by delinquents, but has been used by the general population to describe the subculture since 1972. were formed as a direct result of male gangs' refusal to accept female members, consequently the term has come to refer to the massive movement that brought feminism to public attention at a time when men of the ya‌ku‌za were thriving. reportedly first appeared in Japan during the 1960s, presenting themselves as the female equivalent to the gangs, which were composed mostly of men. During the 1970s, as gangs began to die out, girl gangs began to rise in number. Gangs were in ...
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Sukeban Deka
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Shinji Wada. It was serialized in ''Hana to Yume'' from 1975 to 1982 and collected into 22 volumes. has been adapted into three live-action television series, an original video animation (OVA) series, and three feature films, the last of which was released as ''Yo-Yo Girl Cop'' in 2006. It has also inspired four spin-off manga: , a short story collection published in 2004, and , , and , three ongoing series that premiered in '' Monthly Princess'' in 2021. Plot A 16-year-old (delinquent schoolgirl) named Saki Asamiya is offered by the police to become an undercover detective to escape prison. She initially refuses, so the police blackmail her by offering to pardon her mother, who is on death row for killing her husband, eventually forcing her to accept. Put under the tutelage of officer Kyouichiro Jin, she is given a metal yo-yo that doubles as a weapon as well as a police badge, and is made to infiltrate hig ...
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Oira Sukeban
, sometimes called ''Sukeban Boy'', is a Japanese manga written and illustrated by Go Nagai, serialized in Shogakukan's ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' from 1974 to 1976. It is a comedy with several erotic touches, where the protagonist Banji Suke (or Sukeban) has to disguise himself as a girl in order to be able to attend an all-female school to try and clear his name after being left the blame for the chaos all over town, while unaware that his assassins are watching his every move. As Suke Ban is a rebellious boy, this situation creates several comedic troubles. The manga was adapted to an OVA in 1992, and was released by ADV Films in the US under the name ''Delinquent in Drag''. It has also spawned two live-action movies, ''Oira Sukeban: Kessen! Pansutō'' (おいら女蛮 決戦!パンス党) in 1992 starring actor Shinji Takeda, and ''Oira Sukeban'' (called mostly ''Sukeban Boy'') in 2006 starring AV idol Asami (亜紗美). Staff of ''Oira Sukeban: Kessen! Pansutō'' (1992 ...
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Reiko Ike
is a Japanese actress, singer, and entertainer. She is best known for her roles in the genre of action/erotic movies known as ''pink films''. Ike also released an album of songs in 1971, ''Kōkotsu No Sekai''. After a drug-related arrest, and another arrest for illegal gambling in the 1970s, Ike dropped out of the entertainment business. Life and career Ike's career was launched with the fourth entry in Toei's ''Hot Springs Geisha'' series, ''Hot Springs Mimizu Geisha'' (1971). A media frenzy erupted following the release of this film when Ike claimed to have lied about her age to gain a part in the movie. Claiming to have in fact been sixteen years of age when she starred in this softcore sex film, Ike caused a scandal. The publicity only served to make the film one of Toei's most profitable films of the 1970s. In her third film, director Norifumi Suzuki's ''Modern Porno Tale: Inherited Sex Mania'' (1971), Ike co-starred with French erotic actress, Sandra Julien. Eirin, the Ja ...
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Miki Sugimoto
is a Japanese people, Japanese actress best known for her roles in the ''sukeban'' (delinquent girl) subgenre of Toei Company, Toei's action/erotic form of "pink film" known as ''Pinky Violence' '. Life and career Sugimoto began her career as a Model (person), model and television personality. She made her film debut in ''Hot Springs Mimizu Geisha'' (1971 in film, 1971), which starred Reiko Ike. Sugimoto's and Ike's careers would become closely linked in several of Toei Company, Toei's ''Pinky Violent'' films, in which they were usually cast as rivals. In 1973, Sugimoto won one of the Newcomer of the Year Awards at the Élan d'or Awards given by the All Nippon Producers Association (ANPA). Sugimoto's best-known solo role was in ''Zero Woman: Red Handcuffs'', the "over-the-top" crime film from (1974 in film, 1974). When Toei expanded into the European market in the 1970s, Sugimoto's 1973 film ''Girl Boss: Escape From Reform School'' was released by Telemondial in France as ''Girl ...
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Norifumi Suzuki
, was a Japanese film director and screenwriter. He is best known for the ''Torakku Yarō'' series. Biography Suzuki was born in 1933 in Shizuoka, Shizuoka, Shizuoka. He dropped out of Ritsumeikan University's Department of Economics, and subsequently joined Toei Company, Toei's Kyoto Studio as an assistant director in 1956, learning his craft under Masahiro Makino, Tai Kato and Tomu Uchida. He made his screenwriting debut on director Kōkichi Uchide's 1963 film ''Zoku: Tenamonya Sandogasa'' (co-written with Takaharu Sawada), and his directorial debut in 1965 with ''Osaka Dokonjō Monogatari: Doerai Yatsu'', starring Makoto Fujita. At the behest of Toei producer Shigeru Okada, Suzuki wrote the script for female gambler film ''Red Peony Gambler'' (1968) starring Junko Fuji, which became a hit series spanning eight films. He directed ''Star of David: Beautiful Girl Hunter'' (1979). His 1975 film ''Torakku Yarō, Torakku Yarō: Goiken Muyō'', starring Bunta Sugawara and co-writt ...
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Hana No Asuka-gumi!
is a Japanese manga by Satosumi Takaguchi serialized in ''Monthly Asuka''. It was adapted into a television drama series, two live action films, two OVAs and two drama CDs. It is one of the series with delinquent girls (''sukeban'') popular in the 1980s. Two new manga series were published, one from 2003 to 2009 and the other from 2007 to 2008. Recently, in July 2019, a new manga series was released called ''Hana no Asukagumi! Infinity'' and it ended on November 7, 2021. Media Anime There are two OVAs: ''Shin Kabukicho Story Hana no Asuka-gumi!'', released on June 12, 1987 and ''Hana no Asuka-gumi! Lonely Cats Battle Royale'', released in 1990. ''Lonely Cats Battle Royale'' was thought to be lost until an anonymous individual mailed a tape of the OVA to anime enthusiast Kenny Lauderdale in 2019. TV drama A television drama series was broadcast on Fuji Television from April 11 to September 26, 1988. Cast *Hikari Ishida (Harumi) *Megumi Odaka (Asuka) *Natsuki Oza ...
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Pink Film
in its broadest sense includes almost any Japanese theatrical film that includes nudity (hence 'pink') or deals with sexual content. This encompasses everything from dramas to action thrillers and exploitation film features. The Western equivalent of pink films would essentially be erotic thrillers, e.g. ''Fatal Attraction'', ''Fifty Shades of Grey'', ''Basic Instinct'', ''9½ Weeks '', as well as the works of directors Russ Meyer and Andy Sidaris. Some writers use the term 'pink film' for Japanese sex movies produced and distributed by smaller independent studios such as OP Eiga, Shintōhō Eiga, Kokuei and Xces. In this narrower sense, Nikkatsu's ''Roman Porno'' series, Toei Company's ''Pinky Violence'' series and the Tokatsu films distributed by Shochiku would not be included as these studios have much larger distribution networks. Until the early 2000s, they were almost exclusively shot on 35 mm movie film, 35mm film. Recently, filmmakers have increasingly used video (wh ...
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Banchō (position)
may refer to either a governmental position during the period, or the leader of a group of delinquents. Governmental position Under the system between the 8th and 10th centuries, a was a lower position in the Imperial Guard. In the there are several references to people holding this position. Juvenile delinquency In Japan in the 20th century, the term refers to a leader of juvenile delinquents in middle and high schools. It is thought that this current meaning originates from the original meaning of the term—the personalities of guard commanders. An alternative is that the word derives from , a term for a position in the former Japanese army. Female are called . The typical image of a is an uncouth fighter who has a strong sense of gang honor. who rule several schools and have control of other are called , and in elementary schools and under, the term for is . In reality, though, were becoming increasingly rare in the 1970s, and by the 1980s the term was relativ ...
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Banchō (position)
may refer to either a governmental position during the period, or the leader of a group of delinquents. Governmental position Under the system between the 8th and 10th centuries, a was a lower position in the Imperial Guard. In the there are several references to people holding this position. Juvenile delinquency In Japan in the 20th century, the term refers to a leader of juvenile delinquents in middle and high schools. It is thought that this current meaning originates from the original meaning of the term—the personalities of guard commanders. An alternative is that the word derives from , a term for a position in the former Japanese army. Female are called . The typical image of a is an uncouth fighter who has a strong sense of gang honor. who rule several schools and have control of other are called , and in elementary schools and under, the term for is . In reality, though, were becoming increasingly rare in the 1970s, and by the 1980s the term was relativ ...
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Juvenile Delinquency
Juvenile delinquency, also known as juvenile offending, is the act of participating in unlawful behavior as a minor or individual younger than the statutory age of majority. In the United States of America, a juvenile delinquent is a person who commits a crime and is under a specific age. Most states specify a juvenile delinquent as an individual under 18 years of age while a few states have set the maximum age slightly different. In 2021, Michigan, New York, and Vermont raised the maximum age to under 19, and Vermont law was updated again in 2022 to include individuals under the age of 20. Only three states, Georgia, Texas, and Wisconsin still appropriate the age of a juvenile delinquent as someone under the age of 17. While the maximum age in some US states has increased, Japan has lowered the juvenile delinquent age from under 20 to under 18. This change occurred on April 1, 2022 when the Japanese Diet activated a law lowering the age of minor status in the country. Just as ...
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Japanese Subcultures
Japanese may refer to: * Something from or related to Japan, an island country in East Asia * Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan * Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan through ancestry or culture ** Japanese diaspora, Japanese emigrants and their descendants around the world * Japanese citizens, nationals of Japan under Japanese nationality law ** Foreign-born Japanese, naturalized citizens of Japan * Japanese writing system, consisting of kanji and kana * Japanese cuisine, the food and food culture of Japan See also * List of Japanese people * * Japonica (other) * Japonicum * Japonicus * Japanese studies Japanese studies (Japanese: ) or Japan studies (sometimes Japanology in Europe), is a sub-field of area studies or East Asian studies involved in social sciences and humanities research on Japan. It incorporates fields such as the study of Japanese ... {{disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages ...
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Japanese Words And Phrases
Japanese may refer to: * Something from or related to Japan, an island country in East Asia * Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan * Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan through ancestry or culture ** Japanese diaspora, Japanese emigrants and their descendants around the world * Japanese citizens, nationals of Japan under Japanese nationality law ** Foreign-born Japanese, naturalized citizens of Japan * Japanese writing system, consisting of kanji and kana * Japanese cuisine, the food and food culture of Japan See also * List of Japanese people * * Japonica (other) * Japonicum * Japonicus * Japanese studies Japanese studies (Japanese: ) or Japan studies (sometimes Japanology in Europe), is a sub-field of area studies or East Asian studies involved in social sciences and humanities research on Japan. It incorporates fields such as the study of Japanese ... {{disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages ...
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