An unconventional coming-of-age film depicting ganguro gals—girls who tan their skin, use light eyeshadow, grow out their nails, and walk around in platform shoes. The story intertwines the high school days of girls who embraced the ganguro culture and lived their youth to the fullest in a rural town in Ishikawa Prefecture, and their present lives 14 years later as they reach around thirty.
Fumika Baba
Miu Koshimura
Elisa Yanagi
Sayaka Nagamaru
Kanako Hiramatsu
Aoi Maeda
Hana Imai
Satomi
Shotaro Mamiya
Shibata
Nijiro Murakami
London Ko-Rinbow Vocalist
An unconventional coming-of-age film depicting ganguro gals—girls who tan their skin, use light eyeshadow, grow out their nails, and walk around in platform shoes. The story intertwines the high school days of girls who embraced the ganguro culture and lived their youth to the fullest in a rural town in Ishikawa Prefecture, and their present lives 14 years later as they reach around thirty.
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