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Love & Pop

  • 1998
  • 1h 50m
IMDb RATING
7.4/10
2K
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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.

  • Director
    • Hideaki Anno
  • Writers
    • Hideaki Anno
    • Akio Satsukawa
    • Ryû Murakami
  • Stars
    • Tadanobu Asano
    • Mitsuru Fukikoshi
    • Megumi Hayashibara
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • IMDb RATING
    7.4/10
    2K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Hideaki Anno
    • Writers
      • Hideaki Anno
      • Akio Satsukawa
      • Ryû Murakami
    • Stars
      • Tadanobu Asano
      • Mitsuru Fukikoshi
      • Megumi Hayashibara
    • 11User reviews
    • 7Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 2 wins

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    Tadanobu Asano
    Tadanobu Asano
    • Captain XX
    Mitsuru Fukikoshi
    Mitsuru Fukikoshi
    • Yoshimura
    Megumi Hayashibara
    Megumi Hayashibara
    • Voice
    Akira Ishida
    Akira Ishida
    • Voice
    Naomi Kawase
    Naomi Kawase
    Kirari
    • Chisa Noda
    Hirono Kudo
    • Nao Yokoi
    Zoren Legaspi
    Zoren Legaspi
    Kotono Mitsuishi
    Kotono Mitsuishi
    • Voice
    Asumi Miwa
    • Hiromi Yoshii
    Hitomi Miwa
    • Hiromi's sister, sitting at table
    Leo Morimoto
    • Hiromi's father
    Yukie Nakama
    Yukie Nakama
    • Chieko Takamori
    Ken Ohsawa
    • Salaryman-style man (friendship appearance)
    Nana Okada
    • Hiromi's mother
    Taiju Okayasu
    • Odagiri
    Harumi Shuhama
    • Ishioka
    Tôru Tezuka
    • Uehara
    • Director
      • Hideaki Anno
    • Writers
      • Hideaki Anno
      • Akio Satsukawa
      • Ryû Murakami
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    • Trivia
      Filmed using miniature digital cameras.
    • Quotes

      Hiromi Yoshii: There is something I heard. "You're here, naked, and you're killing someone half dead with grief over it." What does that...?

      Kobayashi: It means a kind person, whoever said it. It's a way of saying, "You have value." "You mustn't degrade yourself." Your nakedness... your very existence, has great value to someone. That alone breaks that someone's heart.

    • Connections
      Featured in Japanorama: Episode #1.2 (2002)

    User reviews11

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    8/10

    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.
    • elderesek
    • Jan 22, 2010
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    • Release date
      • January 9, 1998 (Japan)
    • Country of origin
      • Japan
    • Languages
      • Japanese
      • Japanese Sign Language
    • Also known as
      • 狂戀高校生
    • 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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