Love & Pop (1998)

Teenage drama; schoolgirls, enjo-kosai (compensated dating)

Director:

Hideaki Anno

Writers:

Hideaki Anno (screenplay), Akio Satsukawa (screenplay),

Stars:

Tadanobu Asano, Mitsuru Fukikoshi, Megumi Hayashibara

2 wins.

Cast

Credited cast:
Tadanobu Asano	...	Captain XX
Mitsuru Fukikoshi
Megumi Hayashibara	...	Voice
Akira Ishida	...	Voice
Kirari	...	Chisa Noda
Hirono Kudo	...	Nao Yokoi
Kotono Mitsuishi	...	Voice
Asumi Miwa	...	Hiromi Yoshii
Leo Morimoto	...	Hiromi's father
Yukie Nakama	...	Chieko Takamori
Nana Okada	...	Hiromi's mother
Toru Tezuka	...	Uehara
Ikkei Watanabe	...	Kobayashi

Storyline

Teenage drama; schoolgirls, enjo-kosai (compensated dating)

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Plot Keywords:

dating | enjo kosai | schoolgirl | masturbation | threat of violence | 

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Release Date:

9 January 1998 (Japan)

Filming Locations:

Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Runtime:

110 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

Filmed using miniature digital cameras.

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Connections

References Captain EO (1986)

User Reviews

If you love Requiem for a Dream, you need to watch this film

This is one of those films that you need to watch very carefully. The surface is a very disturbing film, but deep enough, this film is a full essay on teenage prostitution in Japan... in the 90's. Now a reality around the globe. That makes this film twice disturbing...

The film is shot in a lot of unorthodox techniques that can be confusing for a western audience, but you need to remember Hideaki Anno is the creator of such mind-blowing works as Neon Genesis Evangelion, and in the same same vein, we can contemplate how deep can a teenager go in her despair to be something she is not supposed to be. Requiem for a Dream is the nearest thing you'll ever see to "Love & Pop".

Watch it. Just watch it.