Movie: Flying Colors / Flying Colors: How a Teen Girl Went from Academic Absurdity to an Elite University in One Amazing Year
Romaji: Biri Gyaru
Japanese: ビリギャル
Director: Nobuhiro Doi
Writer: Nobutaka Tsubota (novel), Hiroshi Hashimoto
Producer: Jun Nasuda, Junichi Shindo
Cinematographer: Yasushi Hanamura
Release Date: May 1, 2015
Runtime: 117 min.
Genre: Based on True Story / Teen / School / Family / Coming of Age
Distributor: Toho
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan
Plot
Sayaka Kudo (Kasumi Arimura) is a 2nd grade high school student. She is a gal who wears miniskirts and has her hair dyed blonde. Even though she is a high school student, her actual academic grade level is on par with 4th grade elementary school students. During the summer, Sayaka attends a private institution. There, she meets Teacher Tsubota. Besides her mother, Teacher Tsubota is the first adult to praise her. Sayaka begins to change. She studies hard and eventually passes an entrance exam for Keio University.
Cast
Kasumi Arimura
Atsushi Ito
Shuhei Nomura
Tetsushi Tanaka
Yo Yoshida
Yuhei Ouchida
Kokoro Okuda
Ken Yasuda
Morio Agata
