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Yo-Yo Girl Cop

2006 · 98 min

A pulpy, fast-paced teen action ride with a bizarre weapon, school intrigue, and a dark undercurrent of radicalism.

Directed by
Kenta Fukasaku
Genres
Action, Crime, Thriller
Overview
Recruited by a clandestine police organization, "K" must stop a plot by student radicals to create anarchy in Japan. Armed with a hi-tech steel yo-yo, and a new name (Asamiya Saki), she must infiltrate an elite high school to find the terrorists but finds an even more sinister plan is about to unfold.

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Directed by
Kenta Fukasaku
Genres
Action, Crime, Thriller
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Tone
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • campystrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • violence
  • rebellion
  • betrayal
  • identity
  • justice
Places
  • school
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • twist ending
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex none
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Action7
Horror2
Humour3
Realism4
Romance2
Tension5
Darkness5
Complexity4
Emotional weight4

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Genres
action, crime, thriller
Directed by
Kenta Fukasaku
Starring
Aya Matsuura, Rika Ishikawa, Erika Miyoshi, Yui Okada, Yuki Saito, Tak Sakaguchi, Hiroyuki Nagato, Shunsuke Kubozuka
Music
Goro Yasukawa
Cinematography
Takashi Komatsu
Runtime
98 min
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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