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Sailor Suit and Machine Gun -Graduation- (2016) (DVD) (Taiwan Version)

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To celebrate its 40th anniversary, Kadokawa Pictures revisited one of the studio's most famous films: Sailor Suit and Machine Gun . In 1981, Akagawa Jiro's classic pulp novel about a schoolgirl yakuza boss was adapted into a blockbuster hit starring Yakushimaru Hiroko that is remembered as one of the most iconic Japanese films of the eighties. The novel also inspired two TV dramas in 1982 and 2006 starring Harada Tomoyo and Nagasawa Masami, respectively. In 2016, teen singer-actress Hashimoto Kanna ( Assassination Classroom ) steps into the famous role of Hoshi Izumi in Sailor Suit and Machine Gun: Graduation , a spiritual sequel to the original story directed by Maeda Koji ( Till Death Do Us What? ). Co-starring Ando Masanobu ( Gonin Saga ) and Hasegawa Hiroki ( Shin Godzilla ), the crime thriller lives up to its predecessor by combining coming-of-age tropes with pulpy violence. Hoshi Izumi (Hashimoto Kanna) may look like your average high school girl, but she is actually the leader of the Medaka yakuza clan. She inherited the role after her uncle's death, but the gang has since disbanded as part of a peace pact with the rival Hamaguchi gang. Izumi and her three loyal lieutenants now run a cafe together in relative peace as she looks forward to graduation. However, Izumi soon discovers that another yakuza clan with designs on the turf is dealing a dangerous new drug and luring girls into the sex trade through a fake modeling agency. To protect her friends and hometown, Izumi must revive the Medaka once more.

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