ABOUT SUKEBAN:
Sukeban is a contraction of the Japanese words "Suke" (female) and "bancho" (boss). The term describes a specific high school archetype which is usually (though not always) associated with juvenile delinquency. The term "Zubeko" (bad girl) is no longer in vogue, but at the time these films were made was a hip slang expression that would more accurately have been translated as "bitch".
The current Kogal (also Kogaru) style of retro-hip soul-sister fashion can first be seen in these films -released two decades before the advent of Kogal culture. In fact these films were among the first to show high school girls (albeit delinquents) in street styles rather than exclusively in the uniforms with which they are so closely identified. This change-of-styles was likely a political statement on the part of the filmmakers (equating the loss of that uniform with the loss of sexual innocence) and it heralded the arrival of Japanese feminism.
The Sukeban films, though released as exploitation, contain strong social commentary. They collectively told a single cautionary tale, and presented for contemporary Japan the same dystopian world that A Clockwork Orange predicted for future England. | 
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