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Bounce Ko Gals
Directed by
Masato Harada
1997
1h 50m
Drama
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Comedy
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7.1
53%
75%
6.7
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The film follows three modern Japanese schoolgirls in Tokyo as they flirt with lecherous old men and dodge the yakuza in the lucrative and sometimes dangerous practice of "enjo kosai" or "date clubs".
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Cast of Bounce Ko Gals
Hitomi Sato
Jonko
Yasue Sato
Raku
Yukiko Okamoto
Lisa
Koji Yakusho
Oshima
Zhu Xun
Kaori Momoi
Saki
Jun Murakami
Sap
Shin Yazawa
Maru
Hitomi Miwa
Mickey Curtis
Bura-san
Shuzo Daemon
Kumiko Hara
Jun Etô
Eugene
Ken Hirose
Ren Kaito
Masao Imafuku
Mika Katsumura
Sachiko Kin
Kazuki Kosakai
Bounce Ko Gals Ratings & Reviews
Film Journal International
Rex Roberts
Foreign film buffs who enjoyed Lost in Translation may find it worthwhile to revisit Japan with a native guide.
eFilmCritic.com
Brian Mckay
a drama that focuses on the seedy world of Japanese schoolgirl prostitution - wins points for trying to tackle a hard subject, albeit with velvet gloves.
The Hollywood Reporter
Frank Scheck
Manages the difficult feat of being simultaneously sordid and tedious at the same time.
About.com
Marcy Dermansky
Three Japanese teens bounce from scenes of seedy underworld horror (and kink) to school-girl giggles. These final giggles that will hold you spell-bound.
Filmcritic.com
Jeremiah Kipp
[E]xpressive and often funny, but never deep or poetic.
TV Guide
Ken Fox
Despite the lurid material, director Masato Harada's intelligent drama takes a refreshingly non-exploitative look at Japan's real-life sex industry and its relationship to an increasingly youth-oriented consumer culture.
New York Times
Dave Kehr
Bounce Ko Gals feels fabricated, studio-bound and claustrophobic, which doesn't add to the ripped-from-the-headlines authenticity this genre has always depended on.
Film Threat
Eric Campos
It's a down and dirty look at the world of the ko gals, but it has class.
Village Voice
Michael Atkinson
The movie frames a critique of socially permissible pedophilia as indelible as Harada's eavesdropping mise-en-scne.
Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews
Dennis Schwartz
There's nothing fresh uncovered.
ReelTalk Movie Reviews
Donald J. Levit
A straightforward story -- but nothing admirable here, no good people, no point.
Apollo Guide
Jon Lap
Harada fashions a socially mimetic picture of seedy street-hustler life a la My Own Private Idaho and Olivier Assayas' Cold Water.
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