Yo-Yo Girl Cop
Seen it?2006 | 98 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
Monday Morning Maybeearly ratingWhy it’s a Monday Morning Maybe
With almost no lasting buzz and soft box office, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for crime fans, anyone who likes to be kept guessing and action fans.
- The mood
- Tense, gritty.
- The pace
- Fast-moving, at 1 hr 38 min.
- What might put you off
- It's in Japanese, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
Recruited by a clandestine police organization, "K" must stop a plot by student radicals to create anarchy in Japan. Armed with a hi-tech steel yo-yo, and a new name (Asamiya Saki), she must infiltrate an elite high school to find the terrorists but finds an even more sinister plan is about to unfold.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Reach & staying powerBelow par
Streaming release that reached a small audience so far; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
About 7K people sought it out in the past year
Trailer
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Cast & crew
Directed by Kenta Fukasaku
- Aya MatsuuraSaki Asamiya
- Rika IshikawaReika Akiyama
- Erika MiyoshiKotomi Kanda
- Yui OkadaTae Konno
- Yuki SaitoSaki's Mother
- Tak SakaguchiRomeo's thug
- Hiroyuki NagatoKurayami Shirei
- Shunsuke KubozukaJiro Kimura / 'Romeo'
- Riki TakeuchiKazutoshi Kira
- Makoto SakamotoHigashiyama