Love & Pop

Love & Pop
1998
★★★★☆ 7.7/10
⏱️ 112 min
📅 Released
🌐 JA
Drama
Tokyo schoolgirl Hiromi and her friends engage in a practice known as enjo kosai, or "compensated dating", where older men pay young girls for dates. Hiromi plunges deeper into this world to raise money for an expensive ring.

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Cast

Asumi Miwa
Asumi Miwa
Hiromi Yoshii
Kirari
Kirari
Chisa Noda
Hirono Kudo
Hirono Kudo
Nao Yokoi
Yukie Nakama
Yukie Nakama
Chieko Takamori
Mitsuru Hirata
Mitsuru Hirata
Kakegawa
Mitsuru Fukikoshi
Mitsuru Fukikoshi
Yoshimura

Crew

Director
Hideaki Anno
Writer
Akio Satsukawa, Hideaki Anno
Producer
Miyuki Nanri, Toshimichi Otsuki, Kimihiko Tsurugaya

Production

Toei Company, Cine Bazar

Keywords

japancamerateenage girlexperimental surrealismhumanity and the world around us