Sailor Suit and Machine Gun: Graduation
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| セーラー服と機関銃 卒業 | |
| Directed by | Kōji Maeda |
| Screenplay by | Akira Takada |
| Based on | Sailor Suit and Machine Gun and Swing Girls by Jirō Akagawa and Shinobu Yaguchi |
| Starring | Kanna Hashimoto |
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| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
Sailor Suit and Machine Gun: Graduation (セーラー服と機関銃 卒業, Sērā-fuku to kikanjū Sotsugyō) is a 2016 Japanese youth drama comedy film directed by Kōji Maeda, released on 5 March 2016.[1] A teaser trailer of this film was released in September 2015 and the film is a "spiritual sequel" to the 1981 film Sailor Suit and Machine Gun.[2]
Synopsis
[edit]Izumi Hoshi (Kanna Hashimoto) is senior in high school. In the past, she led a small yakuza group, but the yakuza group was disbanded after she killed her uncle's murderer. Izumi now lives an ordinary life as a high school student and works as a manager at a cafe. That situation is soon to change.
Cast
[edit]- Kanna Hashimoto as Izumi Hoshi
- Hiroki Hasegawa as Tsukinaga
- Masanobu Andō as Yasui
- Takurō Ōno as Yuji
- Shōhei Uno as Haruo
- Tetsuya Takeda as Yakuza boss Medaka
Awards and nominations
[edit]| Year | Award | Category | Recipient | Result |
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| 2017 | 40th Japan Academy Prize | Newcomer Award | Kanna Hashimoto | Won[3] |
References
[edit]- ^ "セーラー服と機関銃 -卒業- (2016)". allcinema (in Japanese). Stingray. Retrieved October 2, 2015.
- ^ "1st Footage of Idol Kanna Hashimoto in Sailor Suit & Machine Gun Remake Posted". Anime News Network. September 15, 2015. Retrieved October 2, 2015.
- ^ 【日本アカデミー賞】『シン・ゴジラ』最優秀作品賞など最多7冠. Oricon (in Japanese). 2017-03-03. Retrieved 2018-09-19.
External links
[edit]- Official website (in Japanese)
- Sailor Suit and Machine Gun: Graduation at IMDb
- The Japan Times' review
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