Love & Pop

"Schoolgirls by day... Call girls by night..."

1998 1h 52m JA

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7.7

BANGER

★7.7TMDB · 98

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Synopsis

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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.

“Schoolgirls by day... Call girls by night...”

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Cast

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

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Hideaki Anno
Writers: Akio Satsukawa, Hideaki Anno
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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ERA

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28 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Hideaki Anno, shot by Takahide Shibanushi. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Shinkichi Mitsumune. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Hiroshi Okuda shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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5 / 8

CAST

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Asumi Miwa and Kirari and Hirono Kudo carry the top of the cast.

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6 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Schoolgirls by day... Call girls by night...".

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7 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0168972 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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8 / 8

WILD

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Only 98 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Hideaki Anno directs. Takahide Shibanushi behind the camera. Shinkichi Mitsumune scores. Hiroshi Okuda cuts. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

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128 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
2Directed by Hideaki Anno, shot by Takahide Shibanushi. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
3Original score by Shinkichi Mitsumune. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
4Editor Hiroshi Okuda shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Asumi Miwa and Kirari and Hirono Kudo carry the top of the cast.
6Marketing tagline: "Schoolgirls by day... Call girls by night...".
7IMDB entry: tt0168972 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Only 98 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.