All About Lily Chou-Chou

18A
2h 26m
2001
7.4 /10 (240)

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

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.

Country : Japan
Languages : 日本語
Released Date: 2001-10-06

Top Billed Cast

Hayato Ichihara

Yūichi Hasumi

Shugo Oshinari

Shūsuke Hoshino

Yu Aoi

Shiori Tsuda

Ayumi Ito

Yōko Kuno

Takao Osawa

Tabito Takao

Ryo Katsuji

Terawaki Shioske

Kaku Tomohiro

Masashi Tadano

Issey Takahashi

Ikeda Senpai

Kazusa Matsuda

Sumika Kanzaki

Takahito Hosoyamada

Kentarō Sasaki

Chiyo Abe

Shizuko Hasumi

Izumi Inamori

Izumi Hoshino

Miwako Ichikawa

Shimabukuro

Anri Ban

Noriko Izawa

Takako Baba

School Nurse

Yoji Tanaka

Teru Onda

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