is a 1997 Japanese

crime drama Crime films, in the broadest sense, is a film genre inspired by and analogous to the crime fiction literary genre. Films of this genre generally involve various aspects of crime and its detection. Stylistically, the genre may overlap and combine ...

film written and directed by

Masato Harada is a Japanese film director, film critic, and sometimes an actor; he is best known to foreign audiences as Omura in ''The Last Samurai'' and as Mr Mita in ''Fearless (2006 film), Fearless''. In both his acting roles he portrayed the villain who w ...

. Its alternative English-language titles are ''Call Girls'' and ''Leaving''. Filmed in somewhat of a documentary style , it follows the course of three girls for a day and a night In the popular district of

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. The main characters are : Jonko ( Hitomi Satô), who runs a group of high-school girls involved in paid dating (in Japanese Enjo Kôsai 援助交際) , Raku (

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) who is a high-schooler and also a street dancer; and Lisa ( Yukiko Okamoto) who is a student , who worked for a year, saving enough money and a plane ticket , to go study in

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Cast

* Hitomi Satō as Jonko *

as Raku-chan * Yukiko Okamoto as Risa *

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as Ōshima *

Jun Murakami is a Japanese actor. He is not to be confused with Japanese stunt actor Jun Murakami. Career Murakami starred in Sho Miyake's ''Playback'' (2012). He co-starred in Sion Sono's '' The Land of Hope'' (2012) with Megumi Kagurazaka. He has also a ...

as Sap *

Shin Yazawa , better known as , is a Japanese actress and entertainer who is represented by the talent agency, Japan Music Entertainment. Yazawa graduated from Chiba Prefectural Funabashi Code High School. Her husband is K-1 kick-boxer Masato. Yazawa debute ...

as Maru *

Kaori Momoi is a Japanese actress. Life and career Momoi was born in Tokyo, Japan. At the age of 12, she traveled to London to study dance at the Royal Ballet Academy. After 3 years, she returned to Tokyo. She graduated from Japan's Bungakuza School of ...

as Saki * Maori as Kuji * Kaitō Ren as Shingo * Yūjin Harada as Moro *

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as Neon *

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as Tera *

Kazuki Kosakai (born January 3, 1956) is a Japanese comedian and actor from Ichikawa, Chiba. He is attached to Asaikikaku. Roles Television programs Television drama *'' Sērā Fukudōri'' (1986) (Tanaka-sensei) *''Furuhata Ninzaburō'' (1994) (Shigeo Sakomizu ...

as Koide

Awards and nominations

40th

Blue Ribbon Awards The are film-specific prizes awarded solely by movie critics and writers in Tokyo, Japan. The awards were established in 1950 by which is composed of film correspondents from seven Tokyo-based sports newspapers. In 1961, the six major Japanes ...

* Won: Best Film * Won: Best Director –

* Won: Best Newcomer – Hitomi Satō 22nd

Hochi Film Award The are film-specific prizes awarded by the ''Hochi Shimbun , previously known as , is a Japanese-language daily sports newspaper. In 2002, it had a circulation of a million copies a day. It is an affiliate newspaper of ''Yomiuri Shimbun''. ...

* Won: Best Director –

* Won: Best Actor –

References

External links

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''Bounce Ko Gals''
at allcinema (in Japanese)
''Bounce Ko Gals''
at KINENOTE (in Japanese) 1997 films 1997 crime drama films Films directed by Masato Harada Gyaru in fiction Japanese crime drama films 1990s Japanese-language films 1990s Japanese films {{crime-drama-film-stub