Pretty Devil Yoko

Pretty Devil Yoko

85 mins | Drama, Crime | March 19, 1966

Easily bored, but still innocent and naive countryside girl (Mako Midori) discovers partying in Tokyo is a ton of fun. Yakuza-to-be (Ichiro Araki) is an acquaintance who tries to rape her, and the typically bland but very-good-here (Hayato Tani) the first boyfriend. Director Yasuo Furuhata (his first picture) lets his camera roll in trendy clubs amongst partying youngsters in a way that could've been out of 60s England or a Nikkatsu film if it wasn't shadowed by dated 60s Toei conservatism.The resulting film is a bit confused, either a rebellious youth tale chained by moral concerns, or something conceived as a morality tale trying to break free from its chains.

Pretty Devil Yoko

85 mins | Drama, Crime | March 19, 1966

Pretty Devil Yoko
Easily bored, but still innocent and naive countryside girl (Mako Midori) discovers partying in Tokyo is a ton of fun. Yakuza-to-be (Ichiro Araki) is an acquaintance who tries to rape her, and the typically bland but very-good-here (Hayato Tani) the first boyfriend. Director Yasuo Furuhata (his first picture) lets his camera roll in trendy clubs amongst partying youngsters in a way that could've been out of 60s England or a Nikkatsu film if it wasn't shadowed by dated 60s Toei conservatism.The resulting film is a bit confused, either a rebellious youth tale chained by moral concerns, or something conceived as a morality tale trying to break free from its chains.
Producers Toei Company, Ltd.
Original title 非行少女ヨーコ
Directors Yasuo Furuhata
Writers Ryûnosuke Ono, Fumio Kōnami

Cast

Mako Midori

as Yoko

Hayato Tani

as Jiro

Ichiro Araki

as Takeshi

Renji Ishibashi

as Naron

Eiji Okada

as Asai

Reiko Ōhara

as Ako

Nenji Kobayashi

as Cook

Chieko Nakakita

as Yoko's mother

Shūji Sano

as Jiro's father

Shūji Terayama

as Imura

Rokkō Toura

as Nakata

Mari Yoshimura

as Tamae

Shirō Ōsaka

as Yabuki

Yuki Jono

as Harumi