Gothic Lolita Battle Bear Explained

Gothic Lolita Battle Bear
Director:	Noboru Iguchi
Producer:	Takyuki Matsuno Junnosuke Miyamoto
Screenplay:	Jun Tsugita
Based On:	Sewing Man Nuguruma by Kenji Ohtsuki
Starring:	Shoko Nakagawa Rina Takeda
Music:	Hirohiko Fukuda
Cinematography:	Satoshi Murakawa
Editing:	Yosuke Yafune
Studio:	Ganges
Distributor:	King Records T-Joy
Runtime:	99 minutes
Country:	Japan
Language:	Japanese

is a 2013 Japanese tokusatsu film directed by Noboru Iguchi and starring Shoko Nakagawa.^[1] ^[2]

Cast

Shoko Nakagawa as Yumeko Aikawa, a gothic lolita fashionista
Rina Takeda as Kill Billy, Takeshi's sidekick; and Nuiguruma, Yumeko's superhero alter-ego^[3]
Sadao Abe as voice of Busuke, Yumeko's pink teddy bear
Mao Ichimichi as Kyoko, Yumeko's niece^[4] ^[5]
Hiroshi Neko as Takeshi, the villain who plans to take over the world with 109 zombies
Koto Takagi
Honoka Kitahara
Jiji Boo
Takumi Saito
Kami Hiraiwa
Koichi Yamadera as Deparuza Charlie, a black teddy bear.^[6]

The film is based on a book by Kenji Ohtsuki, member of the rock band Tokusatsu.^[7]

The film had its American debut at the 15th Hawaii International Film Festival on October 18, 2013.^[8]

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