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Sailor Suit and Machine Gun (Sêrâ-fuku to kikanjû, 1981) is a Japanese crime drama by Shinji Sômai you can watch online on iFILM. A quiet schoolgirl suddenly finds herself running a yakuza gang.
When her father dies in a car crash, teenager Izumi Hoshi turns out to be the last blood relative of the small, broke Medaka clan. A delegation of grim gangsters bows to a girl in a sailor uniform, and she agrees to become their boss. Textbooks go in the drawer. Her loyal lieutenant Sakuma watches her back while rivals close in, and the truth behind her father's death proves anything but accidental.
Sômai shot the film in his trademark long, unbroken takes, so this blend of action, melodrama and near-absurd comedy runs on jittery, lived-in energy rather than gunfights. Hiroko Yakushimaru's lead turn made it a touchstone of 1980s Japanese cinema, and its theme song became a genuine hit. Pick it for the offbeat, charming side of Japanese film that has nothing to do with Hollywood. Stream Sailor Suit and Machine Gun (1981) online on iFILM.
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