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All About Lily Chou-Chou (2001)

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

Genre : Drama, Crime

Runtime : 2H 26M

Director : Shunji Iwai
Writer : Shunji Iwai

Synopsis

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 fictional pop star Lily Chou-Chou.

Actors

Hayato Ichihara
Hayato Ichihara
Yūichi Hasumi
Shugo Oshinari
Shugo Oshinari
Shūsuke Hoshino
Yu Aoi
Yu Aoi
Shiori Tsuda
Ayumi Ito
Ayumi Ito
Yōko Kuno
Takao Osawa
Takao Osawa
Tabito Takao
Ryo Katsuji
Ryo Katsuji
Terawaki Shioske
Tomohiro Kaku
Tomohiro Kaku
Masashi Tadano
Issey Takahashi
Issey Takahashi
Ikeda Senpai
Kazusa Matsuda
Kazusa Matsuda
Sumika Kanzaki
Takahito Hosoyamada
Takahito Hosoyamada
Kentarō Sasaki
Chiyo Abe
Chiyo Abe
Shizuko Hasumi
Izumi Inamori
Izumi Inamori
Izumi Hoshino
Miwako Ichikawa
Miwako Ichikawa
Shimabukuro
Anri Ban
Anri Ban
Noriko Izawa
Takako Baba
Takako Baba
School Nurse
Yoji Tanaka
Yoji Tanaka
Teru Onda
Yoriko Kitahara
Yoriko Kitahara
Masumi Shōji
Shinji Higuchi
Shinji Higuchi
Otaku
Kaori Fujii
Kaori Fujii
School Nurse
Tetsu Sawaki
Tetsu Sawaki
Retsuya Inubushi

Crews

Shunji Iwai
Shunji Iwai
Director
Naoki Hashimoto
Naoki Hashimoto
Producer
Noboru Shinoda
Noboru Shinoda
Director of Photography
Noboru Ishida
Noboru Ishida
Production Design
Hiromi Shintani
Hiromi Shintani
Costume Design
Takeshi Kobayashi
Takeshi Kobayashi
Original Music Composer
Shunji Iwai
Shunji Iwai
Creator
Shunji Iwai
Shunji Iwai
Screenplay
Yoshiharu Nakagami
Yoshiharu Nakagami
Editor
Aaron Levy
Aaron Levy
Sound Recordist
Melissa Sherwood Hofmann
Melissa Sherwood Hofmann
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Osamu Takizawa
Osamu Takizawa
Sound
Koko Maeda
Koko Maeda
Associate Producer
Koto Nagata
Koto Nagata
Assistant Director
Salyu
Salyu
Songs
Yui Makino
Yui Makino
Musician
Ivy Chen
Ivy Chen
Still Photographer

Trailers and other movies

映画『リリイ・シュシュのすべて』TVspot 60秒
All About Lily Chou-Chou (2001) | Trailer | Hayato Ichihara| Shûgo Oshinari | Ayumi Itô

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