Abstract:

Masato Harada explores the phenomenon of enjo kosai, a form of prostitution which entails Japanese schoolgirls (kogyaru) going on paid dates with middle-aged men, by following three girls through the course of one rough night. Set in Tokyo's fashionable Shibuya neighborhood, Bounce Ko Gals details the risks and hardships the three kogyaru endure - laissez-faire abortions, drugs, run-ins with the Yakuza, and dealings with tough pimps. With Hitomi Sato, Yasue Sato, Yukiko Okamoto. "Queasily convincing" (Michael Atkinson, The Village Voice).