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A young woman, Izumi, in school uniform prays in front of a fire.
A caption reads: Arrow Video.
A caption reads: Kadokawa.
A man drags another man out of a building then begins to kick him.
A woman struggles against a man near a fish tank.
A caption reads: The merciless Yakuza world is forever shaken...
A group of twenty suited men stand on the edge of a playground.
This is the first time I see the Yakuza at the school.
Izumi walks towards them as the rest of the school all stand behind her.
Attention!
She comes closer to one of the men who bows down to her.
The rest of the panicked school look on.
It's dangerous!
A caption reads: When a high-schooler takes over!
A shot of Izumi
I'm the new Boss of Gang of Medaka! Nice to meet you.
Izumi sits stony-faced opposite a shirtless man who begins laughing heartily.
Izumi stands facing three school male friends then turns away.
You expect this little girl to run the gang?
Izumi stands on a desk and pours a vase of water over a man's head.
- What the hell...! - You little bitch! - Wait!
A caption reads: One of the most iconic productions of Japanese Cinema. Panos Kotzathanasis. Asian Movie Pulse.
Izumi is grabbed by the head by a man's hand.
Teach this naive little girl a good lesson.
Izumi is tied with rope to a digger and dipped in a container of concrete.
Up to her head!
A caption reads: A deserved classic. Hayley Scanlon. Windows on Worlds
Izumi is sitting on a hay bale in a room with some men when they start getting shot at. One of the men takes Izumi in his arms and protects her.
A caption reads: Directed by Shinji Somai (Typhoon Club, Wait and See)
On top of a building, Izumi talks to a man.
Someone killed him.
Izumi in her bedroom polishes a fencing sword.
I'll handle this.
A caption reads: Based on a popular novel from Jiro Akagawa (Three Sisters Investigate)
Izumi inspects a shiny dagger.
Don't do anything reckless.
Izumi walks towards a large office block.
- Will you come with me? - Where to? - To stir up some trouble.
A group of motorcyclists drive down the street at night.
- Let's go! - Move it!
Izumi runs away from some men who crash into a street vendor's trolley.
A caption reads: Starring Japanese Idol Hiroko Yakushimaru (Legend of the Eight Samurai, Detective Story)
Izumi stands in a room pointing her gun around.
Nobody moves!
A shootout in a narrow corrider with a couple versus two men.
Izumi points her gun at a desk.
Go to hell!
A caption reads: Sailor Suit & Machine Gun
Izumi smiling.
I would appreciate if you address me as Boss.
A caption reads: Out now on Blu-ray in the UK, US and Canada
Arrow Films
A perky high-schooler takes on the mob in Sailor Suit and Machine Gun, a one-of-a-kind genre-bender that riffs on the yakuza film, coming-of-age drama and 'idol movie', inventively adapted from Jiro Akagawa's popular novel by director Shinji Somai (Typhoon Club, Wait and See), a massively influential figure in Japanese cinema whose work has been little seen outside his homeland.
Hoshi Izumi is a young innocent forced to grow up quickly when her father dies and she finds herself next in line as the boss of a moribund yakuza clan. Wrenched from the security of her classroom and thrust into the heart of the criminal underworld, she must come to terms with the fact that her actions hold the key to the life or death of the men under her command as they come under fire from rival gangs.
Presented in both its Original Theatrical and longer Complete versions, and the first time one of Somai's films has been released on home video in the West, this landmark work from his early career was responsible for launching teen talent Hiroko Yakushimaru (Legend of the Eight Samurai; Detective Story) as the iconic face of a generation, with the catchy theme song she performs indelibly etched into the zeitgeist of early-1980s Japan.
Special Features
- High Definition Blu-rayTM (1080p) presentations of the Original Theatrical Version and the 1982 Complete Version (kanpeki-ban) re-issue of the film, restored by Kadokawa Pictures from a 4K scan of the original negative
- Original uncompressed Japanese mono and 5.1 audio
- Optional English subtitles
- Girls, Guns and Gangsters: Shinji Somai & Sailor Suit & Machine Gun, an exclusive new 50-minute documentary featuring actor Akira Emoto, film scholar Chika Kinoshita, Somai biographer Tatsuya Kimura and Sailor Suit assistant director Koji Enomoto discussing the making of the film, its director and its legacy.
- Original Trailers and TV spots for both versions
- Image Gallery
- Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Michael Lomon
- 243 mins approx
- 15
- Hiroko Yakushimaru
- Tsunehiko Watase
- Rentarô Mikuni
- English
- 1981
- Japanese
- 1
- B
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A young woman, Izumi, in school uniform prays in front of a fire.
A caption reads: Arrow Video.
A caption reads: Kadokawa.
A man drags another man out of a building then begins to kick him.
A woman struggles against a man near a fish tank.
A caption reads: The merciless Yakuza world is forever shaken...
A group of twenty suited men stand on the edge of a playground.
This is the first time I see the Yakuza at the school.
Izumi walks towards them as the rest of the school all stand behind her.
Attention!
She comes closer to one of the men who bows down to her.
The rest of the panicked school look on.
It's dangerous!
A caption reads: When a high-schooler takes over!
A shot of Izumi
I'm the new Boss of Gang of Medaka! Nice to meet you.
Izumi sits stony-faced opposite a shirtless man who begins laughing heartily.
Izumi stands facing three school male friends then turns away.
You expect this little girl to run the gang?
Izumi stands on a desk and pours a vase of water over a man's head.
- What the hell...! - You little bitch! - Wait!
A caption reads: One of the most iconic productions of Japanese Cinema. Panos Kotzathanasis. Asian Movie Pulse.
Izumi is grabbed by the head by a man's hand.
Teach this naive little girl a good lesson.
Izumi is tied with rope to a digger and dipped in a container of concrete.
Up to her head!
A caption reads: A deserved classic. Hayley Scanlon. Windows on Worlds
Izumi is sitting on a hay bale in a room with some men when they start getting shot at. One of the men takes Izumi in his arms and protects her.
A caption reads: Directed by Shinji Somai (Typhoon Club, Wait and See)
On top of a building, Izumi talks to a man.
Someone killed him.
Izumi in her bedroom polishes a fencing sword.
I'll handle this.
A caption reads: Based on a popular novel from Jiro Akagawa (Three Sisters Investigate)
Izumi inspects a shiny dagger.
Don't do anything reckless.
Izumi walks towards a large office block.
- Will you come with me? - Where to? - To stir up some trouble.
A group of motorcyclists drive down the street at night.
- Let's go! - Move it!
Izumi runs away from some men who crash into a street vendor's trolley.
A caption reads: Starring Japanese Idol Hiroko Yakushimaru (Legend of the Eight Samurai, Detective Story)
Izumi stands in a room pointing her gun around.
Nobody moves!
A shootout in a narrow corrider with a couple versus two men.
Izumi points her gun at a desk.
Go to hell!
A caption reads: Sailor Suit & Machine Gun
Izumi smiling.
I would appreciate if you address me as Boss.
A caption reads: Out now on Blu-ray in the UK, US and Canada
Arrow Films
A perky high-schooler takes on the mob in Sailor Suit and Machine Gun, a one-of-a-kind genre-bender that riffs on the yakuza film, coming-of-age drama and 'idol movie', inventively adapted from Jiro Akagawa's popular novel by director Shinji Somai (Typhoon Club, Wait and See), a massively influential figure in Japanese cinema whose work has been little seen outside his homeland.
Hoshi Izumi is a young innocent forced to grow up quickly when her father dies and she finds herself next in line as the boss of a moribund yakuza clan. Wrenched from the security of her classroom and thrust into the heart of the criminal underworld, she must come to terms with the fact that her actions hold the key to the life or death of the men under her command as they come under fire from rival gangs.
Presented in both its Original Theatrical and longer Complete versions, and the first time one of Somai's films has been released on home video in the West, this landmark work from his early career was responsible for launching teen talent Hiroko Yakushimaru (Legend of the Eight Samurai; Detective Story) as the iconic face of a generation, with the catchy theme song she performs indelibly etched into the zeitgeist of early-1980s Japan.
Special Features
- High Definition Blu-rayTM (1080p) presentations of the Original Theatrical Version and the 1982 Complete Version (kanpeki-ban) re-issue of the film, restored by Kadokawa Pictures from a 4K scan of the original negative
- Original uncompressed Japanese mono and 5.1 audio
- Optional English subtitles
- Girls, Guns and Gangsters: Shinji Somai & Sailor Suit & Machine Gun, an exclusive new 50-minute documentary featuring actor Akira Emoto, film scholar Chika Kinoshita, Somai biographer Tatsuya Kimura and Sailor Suit assistant director Koji Enomoto discussing the making of the film, its director and its legacy.
- Original Trailers and TV spots for both versions
- Image Gallery
- Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Michael Lomon
- 243 mins approx
- 15
- Hiroko Yakushimaru
- Tsunehiko Watase
- Rentarô Mikuni
- English
- 1981
- Japanese
- 1
- B
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Oddity
This is not the exploitation movie the title suggests, and that's a good thing. The movie is deeper than that. A nice introduction to Somai's cinema.
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Shinji Somai on Blu-Ray
I had an amazing experience watching this. I’m glad I found Sōmai‘s art thanks to this edition, impeccable restoration, good contrast and colors (valuable documentary inside). Sailor Suit is a beautiful whirlwind and an adventure, a piece of urban fantasy and a pop symphony - needs to be discovered.
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Fun movie
It’s a fun movie but only for die hard b-movie fans as the plot is fairly slow but when it picks up at the end you get a really fun action scene.
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