Kenta Fukasaku's YO-YO GIRL COP (SUKEBAN DEKA: KÔDO NÊMU = ASAMIYA SAKI), starring Aya Matsuura, R

Distribution rights for Kenta Fukasaku's Yo-Yo Girl Cop (Sukeban Deka: kôdo nêmu = Asamiya Saki - or "Sukeban Deka: code name = Asamiya Saki", if you prefer back-transliterations) are being offered for sale by Toei Company Ltd. (Tôei K.K.) at the Marché du Film in Cannes. The movie is being screened at the Palais E on Friday May 19th at 9:30 a.m. (09:30) and Tuesday May 23rd at 9:30 a.m.. Toei plans to release it theatrically in Japan some time in the autumn of this year.

Yo-Yo Girl Cop is based on the manga series Sukeban Deka by Shinji Wada. It stars Aya Matsuura as Saki Asamiya IV, a.k.a. Sukeban Deka IV. It co-stars Rika Ishikawa, Erika Miyoshi, Yui Okada, and Riki Takeuchi.

Here's a synopsis for Yo-Yo Girl Cop from Sanspo.com via Don Brown: "A police detective working undercover at private school Seisen Gakuen is blown to pieces on the streets of Shibuya. The cop had been investigating students frequenting a popular underground website named 'Enola Gay', where information on everything from bullying to bomb-making is exchanged. One week earlier, a strange counter on the website began ticking down to some unmentioned event.... Meanwhile, a young girl only known as 'K' is brought back to Japan from New York against her will, and is assigned the codename 'Asamiya Saki' by the National Police Agency. Her mission: infiltrate Seisen Gakuen...."

For more information on Yo-Yo Girl Cop, see this ScreenAnarchy article. For information on the two previous Sukeban Deka live-action theatrical features, the three Sukeban Deka live-action TV series, the Sukeban Deka live-action TV movie, and the two-volume Sukeban Deka anime, see this ScreenAnarchy article.