Baunsu ko gaurusu

Name: Baunsu ko gaurusu
Genre: Drama
Released: October 3, 2003
Duration: 110 min
Rating: 45

2003

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Media Blasters | Release Date: October 3, 2003

Summary: A Japanese schoolgirl becomes a prostitute for one night to earn money for a trip to America.

Director: Masato Harada

Genre(s): Drama

Runtime: 110 min

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Eric Campos

The first half of the film is engaging enough to overshadow the missteps of the final act. It's a down and dirty look at the world of the ko gals, but it has class. Read full review

TV Guide Magazine Ken Fox

Rather than portraying these girls as one-dimensional victims, Harada offers a complex portrait of teenagers who've learned to make their exploitation work for them. Read full review

Michael Atkinson

Casting Tokyo as a neon wilderness thick with aged "perverts" and teenage pimps, the movie frames a critique of socially permissible pedophilia as indelible as Harada's eavesdropping mise-en-scène. Read full review

Frank Scheck

Manages the difficult feat of being simultaneously sordid and tedious at the same time and is ultimately surprisingly tame despite its unrated status. Read full review

Noel Murray

Bounce Ko Gals ultimately devolves into a litany of social ills, with not enough of a proper story, and Harada loses the thread of the film whenever he slips into slapstick comedy, or has his female leads play the role of giggly best friends. Read full review

Dave Kehr

Feels fabricated, studio-bound and claustrophobic, which doesn't add to the ripped-from-the-headlines authenticity this genre has always depended on. Read full review

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