All About Lily Chou-Chou
Pain can take you in prison. The ether can set you free.
Genres
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.
Details
Budget
$1250000
Revenue
$6776921
Runtime
146 min
Release Date
2001-10-06
Status
Released
Original Language
Japanese
Vote Count
246
Vote Average
7.4
Hayato Ichihara
Yūichi Hasumi
Shugo Oshinari
Shūsuke Hoshino
Yu Aoi
Shiori Tsuda
Ayumi Ito
Yōko Kuno
Takao Osawa
Tabito Takao
Ryo Katsuji
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Kaku Tomohiro
Masashi Tadano
Issey Takahashi
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Sumika Kanzaki
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Kentarō Sasaki
Chiyo Abe
Shizuko Hasumi
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Anri Ban
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Yoji Tanaka
Teru Onda
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Masumi Shōji
Shinji Higuchi
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Kaori Fujii
School Nurse
Tetsu Sawaki
Retsuya Inubushi
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