AFM: Kenta Fukasaku's YO-YO GIRL COP (SUKEBAN DEKA: KÔDO NÊMU = ASAMIYA SAKI)
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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 to be offered for sale by Toei Company Ltd. (Tôei K.K.) at this year's American Film Market (AFM) in Santa Monica, California. The movie is scheduled to be screened at the AMC #6 on Friday November 3rd at 3:00 p.m., and at the AMC #7 on Monday November 6th at 1:00 p.m.. It's also scheduled to be screened at the Louis Vuitton Hawaii International Film Festival (LVHIFF) in Honolulu on October 22nd. Toei Company Ltd. (Tôei K.K.) released it theatrically in Japan on September 30th.
The screenplay for Yo-Yo Girl Cop was written by Shôichi Maruyama, based on the manga series Sukeban Deka by Shinji Wada. The movie stars Aya Matsuura as Saki Asamiya IV, a.k.a. Sukeban Deka IV. It co-stars Rika Ishikawa, Erika Miyoshi, Yui Okada, Yuki Saitô, Hiroyuki Nagato, Shunsuke Kubozuka (Kuboduka Shunsuke), and Riki Takeuchi.
Here's a synopsis for Yo-Yo Girl Cop from the LVHIFF website: "An undercover police detective embedded in a private school is blown to pieces in Shibuya. The detective had been investigating a popular underground website called Enola Gay, an anonymous blog with an ominous counter, ticking down toward an unknown event. Cue in a young girl from New York's mean streets who is arrested and transferred to Japan, at the behest of the Tokyo Police Force. Only a hardened girl with killer instincts can infiltrate this vile plot. Assigned the codename Asamiya Saki, she's put in a schoolgirl uniform and given her secret weapon - a yo-yo of insurmountable power! ¶ Based on the manga, YO YO GIRL COP spawned the trend for schoolgirl detectives using an everyday device as a weapon or investigative tool (CELLPHONE GIRL COP is a popular TV series). Starring J-idol Aya Matsuura and featuring a few Morning Musume as the baddies - it's an otaku fever dream on the big screen!"
For more information on Yo-Yo Girl Cop, see ScreenAnarchy's seventh, sixth, fifth, fourth, third, second, and first articles on it. 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.
Yo-Yo Girl Cop trailer (downloadable 4 MB MOV file)
YoYoing.com: Yo-Yo Girl Cop TV segment page
Yo-Yo Girl Cop promo photo of Rika Ishikawa (see above left - 28 KB JPEG version)
Yo-Yo Girl Cop promo photo of Aya Matsuura (36 KB JPEG)
Yo-Yo Girl Cop official website
LVHIFF: Yo-Yo Girl Cop
ScreenAnarchy: Yo-Yo Girl Cop review
