Kamikaze Girls

Fruity and frankly forgettable, this colorful slice of contemporary Japanese pop culture is nevertheless a good introduction for anyone curious about the wilder side of Japanese street fashion. Momoko Ryugasaki (Kyoko Fukada) is infatuated with the rococo sensuality of 18th-century Versailles, espouses an amoral, unabashedly hedonistic worldview and favors the strange, "Lolita" style of dress that's become increasingly popular on the streets of Tokyo: smocked Alice in Wonderland jumpers, puffy crinolines, lacy bonnets, delicate parasols, chunky platform Mary Janes — ensembles that would make Holly Hobby look like a whore. Tragically, Momoko lives far from her favorit...