Love & Pop (1998)
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.
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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | ja |
| Popularity | 6.169 |
Directed By
Hideaki Anno
Crew
Hideaki Anno
Shinkichi Mitsumune
Miyuki Nanri
Tsuyoshi Sugino
Asumi Miwa
Makoto Kamiya
Masahiko Otsuka
Masatoshi Kurakata
Yasuo Hashimoto
Shin'ichi Itô
Toshimichi Otsuki
Shinkichi Mitsumune
Masayuki
Ryū Murakami
Akio Satsukawa
Hideaki Anno
Takahide Shibanushi
Hiroshi Okuda
Toshiaki Kimura
Kimihiko Tsurugaya
TOP 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
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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