Tennen Shōjo Man

TV series or program

Masayuki Suzuki
Jun Maruyama
Katsumi Takeuchi^[1]

Editors

Yasushi Shimamura
Keiko Takagi^[1]

Original releaseNetworkWOWOW^[1]ReleaseFebruary 22, 1999 (1999-02-22)

Tennen Shōjo Man (天然少女萬, lit. Natural girl Mann^[2]) is a Japanese television series directed by Takashi Miike. The show is an adaptation of a manga series by Tetsuya Koshiba about a schoolgirl with power fighting abilities.^[2]

Cast

Jun Matsuda
Yoshihiko Hakamada
Runa Nagai
Yuki Matsuoka
Natsumi Yokoyama
Shunsuke Matsuoka
Masako Ikeda
Kôji Tsukamoto
Yuko Miyamura

^[1]

Background and production

Tennen Shōjo Man was director Takashi Miike's first television production since 1992's Last Run.^[2] The series is not episodic, but works as self-contained three-and-a-half-hour-long film.^[2] The show is set in Tokyo.^[2]

Release

Tennen Shōjo Man was first shown in Japan on February 22, 1999.^[1] The show has been released on VHS and DVD by Pony Canyon in Japan.^[1]

Episodes

#	Title^[1]
1	"Spain Zaka Gekito"
2	"Koen-dori Gyakushu Hen"
3	"Shibuya Kessen Hen"

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Mes 2006, p. 388.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Mes 2006, p. 149.

References

Mes, Tom (2006). Agitator: The Cinema of Takashi Miike. FAB Press. ISBN 1903254418.

External links

Man, A Natural Girl at IMDb
"Kung Fu Schoolgirls"—a review of Tennen Shōjo Man

Takashi Miike

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)
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)