is a 1997 Japanese

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film written and directed by

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. Its alternative English-language titles are ''Call Girls'' and ''Leaving''. Filmed in somewhat of a documentary style, it follows the course of three girls for a day and a night in the popular district of

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. The main characters are: Jonko ( Hitomi Satō), who runs a group of high-school girls involved in paid dating (in Japanese, ''Enjo kōsai''); Raku ( Yasue Sato), a high-schooler and street dancer; and Lisa ( Yukiko Okamoto), a student who worked for a year, saving enough money to buy a plane ticket and travel to study in

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Cast

* Hitomi Satō as Jonko * Yasue Sato as Raku-chan * Yukiko Okamoto as Risa *

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as Ōshima *

Jun Murakami is a Japanese actor. Career Murakami starred in Sho Miyake's ''Playback'' (2012). He co-starred in Sion Sono's '' The Land of Hope'' (2012) with Megumi Kagurazaka. He has also appeared in films such as Takahisa Zeze's '' Heaven's Story'' an ...

as Sap * Shin Yazawa as Maru *

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as Saki * Maori as Kuji * Kaitō Ren as Shingo * Yūjin Harada as Moro * Hiroshige Ikeda as Neon *

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as Tera * Kazuki Kosakai as Koide

Awards and nominations

40th

Blue Ribbon Awards The are film-specific prizes awarded solely by movie critics and writers in Tokyo, Japan, established in 1950 by , established under the name of the "Association of Tokyo Film Journalists Award", which was formed mainly by film reporters from th ...

* Won: Best Film * Won: Best Director –

* Won: Best Newcomer – Hitomi Satō 22nd

Hochi Film Award The are film-specific prizes awarded by the '' Hochi Shimbun''. Categories *Best Picture *Best International Picture *Best Animated Picture (since 2017) *Best Actor *Best Actress *Best Supporting Actor *Best Supporting Actress *Best New Artist ...

* Won: Best Director –

* Won: Best Actor –

References

External links

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''Bounce Ko Gals''
at allcinema (in Japanese)
''Bounce Ko Gals''
at KINENOTE (in Japanese) 1997 films 1997 crime drama films Films directed by Masato Harada Gyaru in fiction Japanese crime drama films 1990s Japanese-language films 1990s Japanese films Films scored by Masahiro Kawasaki {{1990s-crime-drama-film-stub