Ankoku Joshi

Ankoku Joshi (暗黒女子, The Dark Maidens) is a 2017 Japanese film directed by Saiji Yakumo [ja], written by Mari Okada and starring Fumika Shimizu, Marie Iitoyo, Nana Seino, Tina Tamashiro, Riria Kojima, Yuna Taira, Takeshi Masu and Yudai Chiba.^[1] The film is based on the mystery novel of the same name by Rikako Akiyoshi [ja]. It was released in Japan by Toei and Showgate on 1 April 2017.^[2] Fumika Shimizu, one of the film's stars, joined the new religious movement Happy Science after filming and did not participate in promotional activities for the film's release.^[3]

Ankoku Joshi
Poster
Japanese	暗黒女子
Directed by	Saiji Yakumo [ja]
Screenplay by	Mari Okada
Based on	Ankoku Joshi [ja] by Rikako Akiyoshi [ja]
Starring	Fumika Shimizu Marie Iitoyo Nana Seino Tina Tamashiro Riria Kojima Yuna Taira Takeshi Masu Yudai Chiba
Distributed by	Toei Showgate
Release date	1 April 2017 (2017-04-01)
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

Cast

• Fumika Shimizu as Sayuri Sumikawa^[2]
• Marie Iitoyo as Itsumi Shiraishi^[2]
• Nana Seino as Shiyo Takaoka^[2]
• Tina Tamashiro as Diana Decheva^[2]
• Riria Kojima as Akane Kominami^[2]
• Yuna Taira as Mirei Nitani^[2]
• Takeshi Masu as Itsumi's father^[2]
• Yudai Chiba as Teacher Hojo^[2]