All About Lily Chou-Chou (2001)

Name: All About Lily Chou-Chou
Released: 2001
Rating: 7.7
Cast: Hayato Ichihara, Shugo Oshinari, Yu Aoi, Ayumi Ito, Takao Osawa

• Movies, Crime, Drama

• 146 min

7.4

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

Directed by: Shunji Iwai
Casting: Hayato Ichihara, Shugo Oshinari, Yu Aoi, Ayumi Ito, Takao Osawa, Ryo Katsuji, Kaku Tomohiro, Issey Takahashi, Kazusa Matsuda, Takahito Hosoyamada, Chiyo Abe, Izumi Inamori, Miwako Ichikawa, Anri Ban, Takako Baba, Yoji Tanaka, Yoriko Kitahara, Shinji Higuchi, Kaori Fujii, Tetsu Sawaki
Countries: Japan
Premiere: 2001-10-06
Status: Released

Tags: japan, bullying, okinawa, coming of age, middle school, kendo, cynical, junior high school, disturbed, hopeless, japanese middle school students, japanese junior high schooler, depressing, compassionate, complicated

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.