DVD: Kenta Fukasaku's YO-YO GIRL COP (SUKEBAN DEKA: KÔDO NÊMU = ASAMIYA SAKI)

Here's a description of Yo-Yo Girl Cop from the website of the Louis Vuitton Hawaii International Film Festival (LVHIFF): "An undercover police detective embedded in a private school is blown to pieces in Shibuya. The detective had been investigating a popular underground website called Enola Gay, an anonymous blog with an ominous counter, ticking down toward an unknown event. Cue in a young girl from New York's mean streets who is arrested and transferred to Japan, at the behest of the Tokyo Police Force. Only a hardened girl with killer instincts can infiltrate this vile plot. Assigned the codename Asamiya Saki, she's put in a schoolgirl uniform and given her secret weapon - a yo-yo of insurmountable power! ¶ Based on the manga, YO YO GIRL COP spawned the trend for schoolgirl detectives using an everyday device as a weapon or investigative tool (CELLPHONE GIRL COP is a popular TV series). Starring J-idol Aya Matsuura and featuring a few Morning Musume as the baddies - it's an otaku fever dream on the big screen!"

For more information on Yo-Yo Girl Cop, see Twitch's eighth, seventh, sixth, fifth, fourth, third, second, and first articles on it. For information on the two previous Sukeban Deka live-action theatrical features, the three Sukeban Deka live-action TV series, the Sukeban Deka live-action TV movie, and the two-volume Sukeban Deka anime, see this Twitch article.

Those who are interested in Yo-Yo Girl Cop may also wish to read the Twitch articles on Daigo Udagawa's erotic parody of it, Sukepan deka: bâjin nêmu = Moromie Saki (or "Sukepan deka: virgin name = Moromie Saki", if you prefer back-transliterations).

Yo-Yo Girl Cop trailer #2 (streaming RealMedia)
Yo-Yo Girl Cop trailer #1 (downloadable 4 MB MOV file)
Yo-Yo Girl Cop trailer #1 (streaming Windows Media)
Yo-Yo Girl Cop promo photo of Aya Matsuura (36 KB JPEG)
Yo-Yo Girl Cop official website
Toei Video: Yo-Yo Girl Cop Japanese sale DVDs
YesAsia.com: Yo-Yo Girl Cop Japanese sale DVD - standard edition
YesAsia.com: Yo-Yo Girl Cop Japanese sale DVD - 2-disc limited collector's edition
Twitch: Yo-Yo Girl Cop review
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Sukepan deka: bâjin nêmu = Moromie Saki trailer (downloadable 5.9 MB WMV file - viewer discretion is advised)
Sukepan deka: bâjin nêmu = Moromie Saki official webpage (w/ 5 stills - viewer discretion is advised)
YesAsia.com: Sukepan deka: bâjin nêmu = Moromie Saki Japanese sale DVD