Eyecatch Junction

1991 Japanese film

Eyecatch Junction

Toppū! Minipato tai - Aikyacchi Jankushon
Directed by| Takashi Miike
Written by| Akio Takemoto
Hiro Masaki
Story by| Akio Takemoto
Produced by| Japan Home Video (JHV)
Starring| Aiko Asano
Daisuke Nagakura
Cinematography| Shigeru Komatsubara

Release date

* October 25, 1991 (1991-10-25)

Running time

| 92 minutes
Country| Japan
Language| Japanese

Eyecatch Junction (Japanese: 突風!ミニパト隊/アイキャッチジャンクション, Hepburn: Toppū! Minipato tai - Aikyacchi Jankushon, lit. Sudden Gust! Mini-Patrol Corps / Eyecatch Junction) is a 1991 Japanese action comedy film directed by Takashi Miike.[1] This was the second film directed by Takashi Miike, though it was released prior to Lady Hunter: Prelude to Murder, the first film he directed.

## Plot

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The Shintai Sobu fitness club is formed by the chief of police to maintain high public opinion of the police force and its first recruit is the ambitious traffic cop Makoto. She enters into a martial arts competition with athletic weightlifter Atsuko, who agrees to join if she loses while Makoto agrees to shave her head if she loses. Makoto almost loses but discovers that Atsuko is ticklish and defeats her by exploiting this weakness. Together with their fitness instructor Miyuki, these daring policewomen form the secret Eyecatch Junction team to defeat criminals using athletics and gymnastics. Megumi Okada, contractor for the Central Station's Crime Lab and the mayor's daughter, eavesdrops on their conversations using her technology and secretly sends them information she collects under the code name Secret Eyecatch. While investigating the murder of college student Kyoko Iida, they uncover the details of an escort ring called the System Club and take down the yakuza running it.

## Cast

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* Daisuke Nagakura as Detective Kawamura
* Aiko Asano
* Minako Fujimoto
* Hiroko Nakajima
* Risa Tachibana
* Bū Takagi

## References

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1. ^ "Fantasiafestival". 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-07-11. Retrieved 2016-10-25.

## External links

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* Eyecatch Junction at IMDb

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Films|

| 1990s|

* Eyecatch Junction (1991)
* Lady Hunter: Prelude to Murder (1991)
* A Human Murder Weapon (1992)
* Bodyguard Kiba (1993)
* Shinjuku Outlaw (1994)
* Bodyguard Kiba: Apocalypse of Carnage (1994)
* Bodyguard Kiba: Apocalypse of Carnage 2 (1995)
* Osaka Tough Guys (1995)
* Shinjuku Triad Society (1995)
* Ambition Without Honor (1996)
* Peanuts (1996)
* The Way to Fight (1996)
* Fudoh: The New Generation (1996)
* Ambition Without Honor 2 (1997)
* Young Thugs: Innocent Blood (1997)
* Rainy Dog (1997)
* Full Metal Yakuza (1997)
* The Bird People in China (1998)
* Andromedia (1998)
* Blues Harp (1998)
* Young Thugs: Nostalgia (1998)
* Ley Lines (1999)
* Silver (1999)
* Audition (1999)
* Dead or Alive (1999)
* Salaryman Kintaro (1999)

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2000s|

* The City of Lost Souls (2000)
* The Guys from Paradise (2000)
* Dead or Alive 2: Birds (2000)
* Family (2001)
* Family 2 (2001)
* Visitor Q (2001)
* Ichi the Killer (2001)
* Agitator (2001)
* The Happiness of the Katakuris (2001)
* Dead or Alive: Final (2002)
* Kumamoto Stories (2002)
* Sabu (2002)
* Graveyard of Honor (2002)
* Shangri-La (2002)
* Deadly Outlaw: Rekka (2002)
* The Man in White (2003)
* Gozu (2003)
* Yakuza Demon (2003)
* One Missed Call (2003)
* Zebraman (2004)
* Izo (2004)
* Three... Extremes ("Box" segment, 2004)
* The Great Yokai War (2005)
* Big Bang Love, Juvenile A (2006)
* Waru (2006)
* Waru: kanketsu-hen (2006)
* Sun Scarred (2006)
* Sukiyaki Western Django (2007)
* Crows Zero (2007)
* Like a Dragon (2007)
* Detective Story (2007)
* God's Puzzle (2008)
* Yatterman (2009)
* Crows Zero 2 (2009)

2010s|

* Zebraman 2: Attack on Zebra City (2010)
* 13 Assassins (2010)
* Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai (2011)
* Ninja Kids!!! (2011)
* Ace Attorney (2012)
* For Love's Sake (2012)
* Lesson of the Evil (2012)
* Shield of Straw (2013)
* The Mole Song: Undercover Agent Reiji (2013)
* Over Your Dead Body (2014)
* As the Gods Will (2014)
* The Lion Standing in the Wind (2015)
* Yakuza Apocalypse (2015)
* Terra Formars (2016)
* The Mole Song: Hong Kong Capriccio (2016)
* Blade of the Immortal (2017)
* JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable Chapter I (2017)
* Laplace's Witch (2018)
* First Love (2019)

2020s|

* The Great Yokai War: Guardians (2021)
* The Mole Song: Final (2021)
* Lumberjack the Monster (2023)

TV|

* Man, A Natural Girl (1999)
* Man, Next Natural Girl: 100 Nights in Yokohama (1999)
* MPD Psycho (2000)
* Negotiator (2003)
* Ultraman Max (2005)
* Masters of Horror (Imprint episode, 2006)
* K-tai Investigator 7 (2007)
* Idol × Warrior Miracle Tunes! (2017)
* Magical × Heroine Magimajo Pures! (2018)
* Secret × Heroine Phantomirage! (2019)
* Police × Heroine Lovepatrina! (2020)
* Connect (2022)
* Onimusha (2023)

Other|

* Black Society trilogy (1995–1999)
* The Making of Gemini (2000)
* Pandōra (2002, music video)
* Demon Pond (2005, stage play)
* Ryū ga Gotoku (2005, video game)
* Zatoichi (2007, stage play)
* Midnight (2024, short film)

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