Directed by:
Shinji SōmaiScreenplay:
田中陽造Cast:
Hiroko Yakushimaru, Rentarô Mikuni, Akira Emoto, Shinpei Hayashiya, Ken Mitsuishi, Kazuo Kitamura, 寺田農, 渡瀬恒彦, 柳沢慎吾, 風祭ゆき, Haruki Kadokawa, Seiko Fujiki (more)Plots(1)
A perky high-schooler takes on the mob in Sailor Suit and Machine Gun, a one-of-a-kind genre-bender that riffs on the yakuza film, coming-of-age drama and ‘idol movie’, inventively adapted from Jiro Akagawa's popular novel by director Shinji Somai, a massively influential figure in Japanese cinema whose work has been little seen outside his homeland. Hoshi Izumi is a young innocent forced to grow up quickly when her father dies and she finds herself next in line as the boss of a moribund yakuza clan. Wrenched from the security of her classroom and thrust into the heart of the criminal underworld, she must come to terms with the fact that her actions hold the key to the life or death of the men under her command as they come under fire from rival gangs. (Arrow Films)
(more)Cast
![Hiroko Yakushimaru](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/169/175/169175683_bnmee3.jpg)
Hiroko Yakushimaru
Japan
Best movies:
Lakeside Murder Case (2004)
Always - Sunset on Third Street (2005)
Glasses (2007)
![Rentarô Mikuni](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272791_ba5bb5.jpg)
Rentarô Mikuni
Japan
Best movies:
Natsu no niwa - The Friends (1994)
Harakiri (1962)
Zatoichi at Large (1972)
![Akira Emoto](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/168/343/168343483_616e6p.jpg)
Akira Emoto
Japan
Best movies:
Natsu no niwa - The Friends (1994)
The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi (2003)
Lakeside Murder Case (2004)
Shinpei Hayashiya
Best movies:
Sailor Suit and Machine Gun (1981)
Godzilla 1985 (1985)
![Ken Mitsuishi](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/562/164562995_3d9269.jpg)
Ken Mitsuishi
Japan
Best movies:
Eureka (2000)
I Just Didn't Do It (2006)
Love Letter (1995)
Kazuo Kitamura
Japan
Best movies:
Japan's Longest Day (1967)
The Man Who Stole the Sun (1979)
High and Low (1963)
![寺田農](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/924/160924254_f26499.jpg)
寺田農
Japan
Best movies:
The Human Bullet (1968)
Natsu no niwa - The Friends (1994)
Castle in the Sky (1986)
![渡瀬恒彦](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/097/161097968_b0d1f7.jpg)
渡瀬恒彦
Japan
Best movies:
The Defensive Power of Aikido (1975)
Antarctica (1983)
The Fall of Ako Castle (1978)
![柳沢慎吾](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/113/161113135_4a2673.png)
柳沢慎吾
Japan
Best movies:
Sailor Suit and Machine Gun (1981)
Heroine Disqualified (2015)
Godzilla Against MechaGodzilla (2002)
風祭ゆき
Japan
Best movies:
Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004)
Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)
Achilles and the Tortoise (2008)
Haruki Kadokawa
Japan
Best movies:
The Shogun's Samurai (1978)
The Fall of Ako Castle (1978)
Sailor Suit and Machine Gun (1981)
Seiko Fujiki
Japan
Best movies:
Road to Ninja: Naruto the Movie (2012)
Sailor Suit and Machine Gun (1981)
Yûdai Ishiyama
Japan
Best movies:
The Man Who Stole the Sun (1979)
Sword of Desperation (2010)
Agitator (2001)