Love & Pop
Schoolgirls by day... Call girls by night...
Genres
Overview
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.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
112 min
Release Date
1998-01-10
Status
Released
Original Language
Japanese
Vote Count
72
Vote Average
7.715
Asumi Miwa
Hiromi Yoshii
Kirari
Chisa Noda
Hirono Kudo
Nao Yokoi
Yukie Nakama
Chieko Takamori
Mitsuru Hirata
Kakegawa
Mitsuru Fukikoshi
Yoshimura
Moro Morooka
Yazaki
Toru Tezuka
Uehara
Ikkei Watanabe
Kobayashi
Tadanobu Asano
Captain XX
Naomi Kawase
Woman speaking to Hiromi (voice)
Akira Ishida
Yoshio
Kotono Mitsuishi
Radio Host (voice)
Megumi Hayashibara
Answering Machine (voice)
Taiju Okayasu
Odagiri
Ritsuko Shimada
Aoki
Harumi Shuhama
Ishioka
Hitomi Miwa
Hiromi's Sister
Ken Osawa
Business Man
Nana Okada
Hiromi's Mother
Leo Morimoto
Hiromi's Father
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