Gothic & Lolita Psycho

Gothic & Lolita Psycho (ゴスロリ処刑人, Gosu Rori Shokeinin) is a 2010 Japanese film directed by Go Ohara. It stars Rina Akiyama, Ruito Aoyagi, Minami Tsukui, Misaki Momose, Yurei Yanagi, Masahito Okamoto, Satoshi Hakuzen and Asami Sugiura.[1][2]

Gothic & Lolita Psycho
Japanese film poster for Gothic & Lolita Psycho
Directed byGo Ohara
Written byHisakatsu Kuroki
Produced byJun Nakajima
Hiroyuki Sasaki
StarringRina Akiyama
Ruito Aoyagi
Minami Tsukui
Misaki Momose
Yurei Yanagi
Masahito Okamoto
Satoshi Hakuzen
CinematographyNobuhisa Ito
Edited byGo Ohara
Music byBloody Bad Romance
Release date
  • September 4, 2010 (2010-09-04)
Running time
87 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

Plot

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Yuki (Rina Akiyama) lives with her father Jiro (Yurei Yanagi) and her mother Kayako (Fumie Nakajima) in Tokyo. Their peaceful lives are disturbed when a group of assassins slaughter Kayako and injure Jiro. Yuki seeks revenge by dressing herself in Gothic Lolita fashion and killing off the assassins.[3]

Release and reception

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The film was shown at the Tokyo International Film Festival on October 25, 2010.[4] The film was released on DVD in North America by Tokyo Shock on May 24, 2011 under the title Psycho Gothic Lolita.[5]

The Hollywood Reporter gave a mixed review, praising the film's "lightning pace" and stating that "several sequences involving Yuki and her Lolita garb are subtly witty" while saying it never reaches the heights of special effects designer Yoshihiro Nishimura's films.[6]

Notes

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  1. ^ "OHARA BROS. Co., Ltd". Ohara Bros. Retrieved July 29, 2011.
  2. ^ ゴスロリ処刑人 (in Japanese). AllCinema. Retrieved 2011-09-13.
  3. ^ "Gothic & Lolita Psycho". Pony Canyon International Licensing. Retrieved July 29, 2011.
  4. ^ "TIFFCOM2010 - Market Screening Schedule". Tokyo International Film Festival. Retrieved July 29, 2011.
  5. ^ Buchanan, Jason. "Psycho Gothic Lolita - DVD - AllRovi". Allrovi. Archived from the original on July 18, 2012. Retrieved July 29, 2011.
  6. ^ Kerr, Elizabeth (October 27, 2010). "Gothic & Lolita Psycho -- Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved July 29, 2011.
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