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All About Lily Chou-Chou

All About Lily Chou-Chou

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All About Lily Chou-Chou

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

2001

2h 26m

7.4(301 votes)

Drama

Crime

Overview

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.

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JVC

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The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Hayato Ichihara

Hayato Ichihara

Yūichi Hasumi

Shugo Oshinari

Shugo Oshinari

Shūsuke Hoshino

Yu Aoi

Yu Aoi

Shiori Tsuda

Ayumi Ito

Ayumi Ito

Yōko Kuno

Issey Takahashi

Issey Takahashi

Ikeda Senpai

Ryo Katsuji

Ryo Katsuji

Terawaki Shioske

Takao Osawa

Takao Osawa

Tabito Takao

Kaku Tomohiro

Kaku Tomohiro

Masashi Tadano

Kazusa Matsuda

Sumika Kanzaki

Takahito Hosoyamada

Takahito Hosoyamada

Kentarō Sasaki

Creative team

Directed by: Shunji Iwai
Written by: Shunji Iwai
Produced by: Naoki Hashimoto

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