Love & Pop (1998)Teenage drama; schoolgirls, enjo-kosai (compensated dating) Director:Hideaki Anno |
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Love & Pop (1998)Teenage drama; schoolgirls, enjo-kosai (compensated dating) Director:Hideaki Anno |
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Captain XX
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Mitsuru Fukikoshi |
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Megumi Hayashibara | ... |
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Akira Ishida | ... |
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Kirari | ... |
Chisa Noda
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Hirono Kudo | ... |
Nao Yokoi
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Kotono Mitsuishi | ... |
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Asumi Miwa | ... |
Hiromi Yoshii
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Leo Morimoto | ... |
Hiromi's father
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Yukie Nakama | ... |
Chieko Takamori
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Nana Okada | ... |
Hiromi's mother
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Toru Tezuka | ... |
Uehara
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Ikkei Watanabe | ... |
Kobayashi
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Teenage drama; schoolgirls, enjo-kosai (compensated dating)
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.