This frenetic, comic journey into Japan’s youth subcultures is a glorious blend of kitsch, grit and humour. Set principally in a small town outside of Tokyo, the film traces the slow-to-boil but surprisingly fierce friendship between Momoko, a devotee of the Lolita look and all things Rococo, and Ichigo, a snarling biker chick. Adapted from the novel by Novala Takemoto which became a pop-culture phenomenon in Japan, TV commercial maestro Nakashima brilliantly captures the book’s sly yet brash commentary about Japanese society and its ever-conspicuous obsessions.

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