Akiba research blog reports on a gang of girlie bikers (bousouzoku, “ladies”), who complete with their tricked out motorbikes, rode suddenly into Akiba last week parading in random cosplay outfits. Awesome. Lady biker gangs are pretty rare nowadays anyway, but to see them doing cosplay randomly is quite a privilege.
Today I have an old Japanese movie for you, of the Yakuza-style-tough-girls-on-motorbikes-running-around-Kyoto style. Awesome movie, English subs with tough-girl Japanese language, nearly all filmed on location in central Kyoto. I realise the cover makes it look a little like a porn flick, but I promise you it isn’t.
Sukeban gerira (1972)
Miko Sugimoto is the leader of the Red Helmet Gang, a biker girl gang from Shinjuku who winds up in Kyoto and make a bid to take over the local girl gangs there. Successful for a short time in ruling the streets it isn’t long before Miko and her crew run afoul of the local Yakuza, and are forced to turn to Reiko Ike, a ronin Yakuza girl, and sister to one of the top Yakuza in Kyoto, for help, leading to a murderous showdown at a small coastal resort.
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This movie is being redistributed as part of the Pinky Violence Collection, a selection of Japanese girl violent movies. If anyone can find a source for the rest of this collection, please let me know!
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