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All About Lily Chou-Chou

2001 · 146 min

A haunting, fragmented plunge into adolescent cruelty and online solace, beautiful and deeply unsettling.

Directed by
Shunji Iwai
Genres
Drama, Crime
Starring
Hayato Ichihara, Shugo Oshinari, Yu Aoi
Tagline
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.

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Directed by
Shunji Iwai
Genres
Drama, Crime
Starring
Hayato Ichihara, Shugo Oshinari, Yu Aoi
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Tone
  • bleakstrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • coming-of-age
  • isolation
  • obsession
  • betrayal
  • trauma
Places
  • school
  • small town
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
  • twist ending
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex strong
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror3
Humour1
Realism7
Romance2
Tension7
Darkness9
Complexity8
Emotional weight9

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