All About Lily Chou-Chou

“Pain can take you in prison. The ether can set you free.”

7.4

2001

2h 26m

DramaCrime

Charts the troubled teenage years of students Yūichi Hasumi and Shūsuke Hoshino, exploring the shifting and complex power dynamics of their relationship against the backdrop of Yūichi's love for the dreamy and abstract music of pop star Lily Chou-Chou.

Key Crew

Director

Shunji Iwai

Producers

Naoki Hashimoto

Writers

Shunji Iwai

Cinematography

Noboru Shinoda

Music

Takeshi Kobayashi

Cast (20)

Hayato Ichihara

Yūichi Hasumi

Shugo Oshinari

Shūsuke Hoshino

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