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77% Critic Match
Love & Pop
“Schoolgirls by day... Call girls by night...”
7.7 / 10• 1998• 1h 52m•R• Japanese
Drama
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Asumi Miwa
Hiromi Yoshii
Lead
Kirari
Chisa Noda
Hirono Kudo
Nao Yokoi
Yukie Nakama
Chieko Takamori
Mitsuru Hirata
Kakegawa
Mitsuru Fukikoshi
Yoshimura
Moro Morooka
Yazaki
Toru Tezuka
Uehara
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Hideaki Anno's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. Love & Pop is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
