Love & Pop
1998 · Movie · NR · 112 min · ★ 7.7
A high school girl in Tokyo starts doing compensated dating with her friends to earn money for a luxury ring. What begins as a risky shortcut turns into a sobering look at loneliness, pressure, and the danger lurking behind casual arrangements.
Based on Topaz
Also known as Love and Pop
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Details
- Original title
- ラブ&ポップ
- Years
- 1998
- Release date
- 1998-01-10
- Language
- Japanese
- Rated
- NR
- Runtime
- 112 min
- TMDB rating
- 7.7/10 (89 votes)
About
You may connect with this if you want a bleak, thought-provoking coming-of-age drama about desire and vulnerability, especially if Tokyo Decadence appealed to you; Not for you if you want something light, comforting, or easy to watch.
Pros: unsettling social portrait; memorable atmosphere; emotionally affecting | Cons: very disturbing subject; uneven tone; some scenes drag
Themes
- japan
- camera
- teenage girl
- experimental surrealism
- humanity and the world around us
Cast & crew
Asumi Miwa
as Hiromi Yoshii
Kirari
as Chisa Noda
- HK
Hirono Kudo
as Nao Yokoi
Yukie Nakama
as Chieko Takamori
Mitsuru Hirata
as Kakegawa
Mitsuru Fukikoshi
as Yoshimura
Moro Morooka
as Yazaki
Toru Tezuka
as Uehara
Ikkei Watanabe
as Kobayashi
Tadanobu Asano
as Captain XX
Directed by Hideaki Anno