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Akagawa Jiro’s preceding and highly popular 1978 literary inspiration for director Somai Shinji’s 1981 film, Sailor Suit And Machine Gun, has stood the test of time. Thus, with a March 5, 2016 due date, Kadokawa is ready to reinvigorate the fanbase once more with Maeda Koji now at the helm for next year’s offering, Salior Suit And Machine Gun: Graduation. Actress Hashimoto Kanna has since inherited Toei’s cult character favorite, Hoshi Izumi, with a script by Takada Ryo that now sees our female protagonist potentially embedded in a conspiracy by the authorities in the wake of a new drug. If you’re at all familar with the prior film or its 2006 TV network follow-up on TBS, hopefully this latest one leaves a little something special for you, particularly with the revival of the original theme song and Hoshi’s classic expression at the end of the trailer. Alas, you be the […]

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Actress Yakushimaru Hiroko’s role in Sailor Suit And Machine Gun, Somai Shinji’s 1981 adaptation of Akagawa Jiro’s highly popular 1978 novel of a smiliar name, left a nice little piece of film history for fans at the time. The book itself sold about two million copies at the time as well and that says a lot about how beloved and well received a character like Hoshi Izumi is, and well enough to even follow up briefly on TBS in Japan in 2006. Well, chalk another one up for this petite little school girl as she’s armed to the teeth and back with her Yakuza pack in Salior Suit And Machine Gun: Graduation. Hashimoto Kanna now takes the reigns. Cannonball Wedlock pair, writer Takada Ryo and director Maeda Koji spearhead this latest installment which now sees our young female protagonist Yakuza free after avenging her uncle and is now managing a […]

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