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Iguana Girl (1996)

TV Series ★ 6.3 60 min

Sci-Fi & Fantasy Drama

Iguana Girl is a manga by Moto Hagio published in Petit Flower. It was adapted into a television drama in 1996. It is about a young girl, Rika, whose mother views her as being ugly, and favours her other daughter, Mami. Rika thinks of herself as ugly and as an iguana, but after her mother's death, realises that her mother was also an ugly iguana. Iguana Girl reflects Hagio's own relationship with her mother, and it took her "years to write this story". Hagio saw an iguana in a documentary on television and identified with it, feeling it was "lamenting its failure to become a human, just like me".

Yoshikazu Okada Writer Kazuhisa Imai Director

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Released
April 15, 1996
Runtime
60 min
IMDb
tt0294110
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Cast

Miho Kanno Miho Kanno Aoshima Rika Naomi Kawashima Naomi Kawashima Aoshima Yuriko Yoshinori Okada Yoshinori Okada Okazaki Noboru Rena Komine Rena Komine Hashimoto Kanako Enomoto Kanako Enomoto Aoshima Mami Masao Kusakari Masao Kusakari Aoshima Masanori Hitomi Sato Hitomi Sato Mikami Nobuko Koji Yamamoto Koji Yamamoto Miyuki Komatsu Miyuki Komatsu Takano Haruko

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Frequently asked questions

What is Iguana Girl about?
Iguana Girl is a manga by Moto Hagio published in Petit Flower. It was adapted into a television drama in 1996. It is about a young girl, Rika, whose mother views her as being ugly, and favours her other daughter, Mami. Rika thinks of herself as ugly and as an iguana, but after her mother's death, realises that her mother was also an ugly iguana. Iguana Girl reflects Hagio's own relationship with her mother, and it took her "years to write this story". Hagio saw an iguana in a documentary on television and identified with it, feeling it was "lamenting its failure to become a human, just like me".
Who created Iguana Girl?
Iguana Girl was created by Kazuhisa Imai.
Who stars in Iguana Girl?
Iguana Girl stars Miho Kanno, Naomi Kawashima, Yoshinori Okada, Rena Komine.
When was Iguana Girl released?
Iguana Girl is a 1996 sci-fi & fantasy, drama series.
Where can I watch Iguana Girl?
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