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Love & Pop

  • 19981998
  • 1h 50m
IMDb RATING
7.3/10
1.5K
YOUR RATING
Love & Pop (1998)
  • Drama
A high school girl engages in compensated dating in order to buy an expensive ring before the day ends.A high school girl engages in compensated dating in order to buy an expensive ring before the day ends.A high school girl engages in compensated dating in order to buy an expensive ring before the day ends.
IMDb RATING
7.3/10
1.5K
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Hideaki Anno
  • Writers
    • Hideaki Anno(screenplay)
    • Akio Satsukawa(screenplay)
    • Ryû Murakami(novel)
  • Stars
    • Tadanobu Asano
    • Mitsuru Fukikoshi
    • Megumi Hayashibara
Top credits
  • Director
    • Hideaki Anno
  • Writers
    • Hideaki Anno(screenplay)
    • Akio Satsukawa(screenplay)
    • Ryû Murakami(novel)
  • Stars
    • Tadanobu Asano
    • Mitsuru Fukikoshi
    • Megumi Hayashibara
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 13User reviews
    • 4Critic reviews
  • See production, box office & company info
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    • Awards
      • 2 nominations

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    Tadanobu Asano
    Tadanobu Asano
    • Captain XXas Captain XX
    Mitsuru Fukikoshi
    Mitsuru Fukikoshi
    Megumi Hayashibara
    Megumi Hayashibara
    • Voiceas Voice
    Akira Ishida
    Akira Ishida
    • Voiceas Voice
    Kirari
    • Chisa Nodaas Chisa Noda
    Hirono Kudo
    • Nao Yokoias Nao Yokoi
    Kotono Mitsuishi
    Kotono Mitsuishi
    • Voiceas Voice
    Asumi Miwa
    • Hiromi Yoshiias Hiromi Yoshii
    Hitomi Miwa
    • Hiromi's sister, sitting at tableas Hiromi's sister, sitting at table
    Leo Morimoto
    • Hiromi's fatheras Hiromi's father
    Yukie Nakama
    Yukie Nakama
    • Chieko Takamorias Chieko Takamori
    Nana Okada
    • Hiromi's motheras Hiromi's mother
    Tôru Tezuka
    • Ueharaas Uehara
    Ikkei Watanabe
    • Kobayashias Kobayashi
    • Director
      • Hideaki Anno
    • Writers
      • Hideaki Anno(screenplay)
      • Akio Satsukawa(screenplay)
      • Ryû Murakami(novel)
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      Filmed using miniature digital cameras.
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    User reviews13

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    Top review
    7/10
    Hideakl Anno proves that as amazing as animation can be, it can't make you feel as uncomfortable as intense realism does.
    I have to give Anno a lot of props for making a movie about a topic so sensitive. Love & Pop is about a group of girls that are Juniors in high school (16 and 17 years old) who get hit on by older men and are offered money to be their "play dates" decide to essentially become call girls for lonely men to hang out with as they put up with their loneliness.

    Without involving any sex at all, (thank the lord for that) Anno was able to portray these men as people that you can be both sympathetic towards but also creeped the hell out by. For instance, one of the guys has Turrets. But instead of having loud outbursts, he hss a large muscle spasm that makes it look and sound like he's spitting. He explains that this condition made him a social outcast and he has coworkers that look down on him when they think he isn't aware and it really makes me feel bad for him... until he takes one of the girls into a movie shop with him so that she can pretend to be his girlfriend. Then he made her lock her arm with his and purposefully drew attention to the two of them before proceeding to do something vile that I won't be typing here.

    This is not a movie that I'd watch again, but it does showcase Anno's talents as a live-actiin director. Sadly my *cough cough* totally legal *cough cough* version of the film that I watched blurred a lot of the images and made it hard to see. But much like in Neon Genesis Evangelion, it's easy to appreciate how creative Anno can get when framing each shot. A lot of thought goes into it and it makes the film so interesting to watch. Plus, the jarring cuts in the film makes me think of the French New Wave which adds another cinematography que to keep my interest peaked. This was a fascinating film, and it makes me appreciate Anno even more than I already do.
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    • Aug 15, 2020

    Details

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    • Release date
      • January 9, 1998 (Japan)
    • Country of origin
      • Japan
    • Languages
      • Japanese
      • Japanese Sign Language
    • Also known as
      • Любовь и попса
    • Filming locations
      • Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 50 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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