Ganguro Gals Riot (2016)

7.7/10 • 75 min • Drama

Overview

An unconventional coming-of-age film depicting ganguro gals—girls who tan their skin, use light eyeshadow, grow out their nails, and walk around in platform shoes. The story intertwines the high school days of girls who embraced the ganguro culture and lived their youth to the fullest in a rural town in Ishikawa Prefecture, and their present lives 14 years later as they reach around thirty.

Cast

Fumika Baba

Elisa Yanagi

Sayaka Nagamaru

Kanako Hiramatsu

Shotaro Mamiya

Nijiro Murakami

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