Baunsu ko gyaru

This film's a journey through the nightlife of Shibuya, Tokyo. The story focus on 3 highschool girls who make good money by selling their services to men, all sorts of men with all sorts of desires. It's a terrific film. Fascinating, emotional and with great acting. However, even though Bounce primarily deals with the backside of a harsh japanese society, it also serves as perfect tourist propaganda. The way it's shot and with its cool powerful music, it makes you wanna go to Tokyo immediately. Anyhow, Bounce's a film that I highly recommend. 8/10.

Baunsu Kogals or Bouncing Young Girls is a very good movie about 3 girls, their friendship and their life in the world of prostitution (Kogals, they call them). Sort of a Japanese version of "Kids", but more likely to be taken seriously. It follows the ennui that these girls and their peers/other youth feel in Japan. An important point scored in the film is when Jonko and Raku ask why does Lisa want to go to New York to study, she says she wants to be in NY because when you live in the US, there's is a feeling of a "can-do" attitude that pervades the culture, which would motivate her to be a better student in Japan and also get her independence.

The video I rented made the film appear to be a goofy "pink" film but this film is much better than that. It's sort of a japanese cross between "Kids" and "Midnight Cowboy". The relationships between the girls and the way they deal with life is really fascinating. Also interesting is the whole examination of the dynamic between "Kogals" ("high"-gals as in High school) and Hentai ("perverts"). It's shot in "verite" style and at times almost has the look of a documentary.

This is, by far, one of the best movies I've seen in a long time. Having been in a Japanese high school for a year, I could relate to some of the characters in this movie. It was perfectly executed -- the camera work, dialogue, etc. The music, as well, was excellent. This movie definitely needs to be on everyone's "must have" list.

This movie about japanese teenage girls high-gals or Ko-gals (prostitutes) is a very good movie. It addresses many of the feelings of ennui youth have in Japanese society, like the feeling that they cannot be treated as individuals in Japanese society (part of the group-think) there. An important part of the movie shows when Lisa is asked, why does she want to go to New York to study? She states that her feeling is in the USA you "can-do" anything you want just as long as you keep trying and that you do your best. It's a feeling that these girls feel that they are trapped to being less than they can achieve in Japan. Overall, a 9 out of 10. Note: that the picture on the video box makes the movie look like a porno movie but it's nothing like that. It could be said that it's similar to Larry Clark's "Kids".