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All About Lily Chou-Chou (2001)

Riri Shushu no subete (original title)
| Crime, Drama, Music | 6 October 2001 (Japan)
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The problematic lives of teenager students for whom the singer Lily Chou-Chou's dreamy music is the only way to escape an alienating, violent and insensitive society.

Director:

Shunji Iwai

Writer:

Shunji Iwai

Stars:

Hayato Ichihara, Shûgo Oshinari, Ayumi Itô | See full cast & crew »
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Cast

Credited cast:
Hayato Ichihara ... Yûichi Hasumi
Shûgo Oshinari Shûgo Oshinari ... Shusuke Hoshino
Ayumi Itô ... Yôko Kuno
Takao Ohsawa ... Tabito Takao
Miwako Ichikawa Miwako Ichikawa ... Shimabukuro
Izumi Inamori Izumi Inamori ... Izumi Hoshino
Yû Aoi ... Shiori Tsuda
Kazusa Matsuda Kazusa Matsuda ... Sumika Kanzaki
Ryô Katsuji ... Hitoshi Terawaki
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Chiyo Abe Chiyo Abe ... Shizuko Hasumi
Takako Baba Takako Baba ... School girl
Anri Ban Anri Ban ... Noriko Izawa
Kaori Fujii Kaori Fujii ... School nurse
Shinji Higuchi Shinji Higuchi ... Otaku
Takahito Hosoyamada Takahito Hosoyamada ... Kentarô Sasaki
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Storyline

Life isn't easy for a group of high school kids growing up absurd in Japan's pervasive pop/cyber culture. As they negotiate teen badlands- school bullies, parents from another planet, lurid snapshots of sex and death- these everyday rebels without a cause seek sanctuary, even salvation, through pop star savior Lily Chou-Chou, embracing her sad, dreamy songs and sharing their fears and secrets in Lilyholic chat rooms. Immersed in the speed of everyday troubles, their lives inevitably climax in a fatal collision between real and virtual identities, a final logging-off from innocence. Written by Sujit R. Varma

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Taglines:

Pain can take you in prison. The ether can set you free. See more »

Genres:

Crime | Drama | Music | Romance | Thriller

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese | Ryukyuan

Release Date:

6 October 2001 (Japan) See more »

Also Known As:

All About Lily Chou-Chou See more »
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Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$3,064, 14 July 2002

Gross USA:

$26,485

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$38,082
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Company Credits

Production Co:

Rockwell Eyes See more »
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Technical Specs

Runtime:

| (original cut)

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color
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Trivia

Lily Chou-Chou is a fictional singer. The songs in the movie are sang by a Japanese singer named Salyu. See more »

Quotes

Yûichi Hasumi: For me, only Lily is real.
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Connections

Referenced in La mujer perfecta (2013) See more »

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Filmmaking at its best
23 July 2002 | by d-dog – See all my reviews

This is a film that makes you feel more than it makes you think. Combination of poetic images and magnificent music takes you to a new level of emotion. Iwai used emotional space of each characters as well as physical space very well throughout the entire film, it is hard not to make connection with them. This is what the cinema is all about in my humble opinion. Emotions be felt by images and sound.
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