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Farewell to Rock'n Roll

Farewell to Rock'n Roll

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Farewell to Rock'n Roll

1973

1h 23m

7.0(3 votes)

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Crime

Overview

There is an ongoing war between two Girl Gangs, the Akabane 100 Club and the Ikebukuro Cavalry. Yukiko, the "Bankaku," or chief bodyguard of the Akabane, is released from reform school and sets about to finish an ongoing one-on-one grudge match with the Arab Falcon and the whole Cavalry gang. With a theme song by 1970s Japanese "Group Sounds" band Carol, and live performance. Rock and Sukeban unite for an extraordinary and cool piece of filmmaking.

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Toei Company

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Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Emiko Yamauchi

Emiko Yamauchi

Naoya Makoto

Naoya Makoto

Takashi Shikauchi

Takashi Shikauchi

Yumiko Katayama

Yumiko Katayama

Hideo Murota

Hideo Murota

Hatsuo Yamaya

Hatsuo Yamaya

Etsuko Shibata

Maya Borneo

Moeko Ezawa

Moeko Ezawa

Midori Fuyuki

Creative team

Directed by: Makoto Naito
Written by: Atsushi Yamatoya
Eimei Yamamoto

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