All About Lily Chou-Chou
Pain can take you in prison. The ether can set you free.
2001 | 146m | Japanese
Popularity: 5 (history)
| Director: | Shunji Iwai |
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| Writer: | Shunji Iwai |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Oct 06, 2001 |
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| Director: | Shunji Iwai |
| Writer: | Shunji Iwai |
| Genres: | Drama, Crime |
| Keywords | japan, bullying, okinawa, coming of age, middle school, kendo, junior high school, japanese junior high schooler, compassionate |
| Production Companies | JVC, Rockwell Eyes, OORONG-SHA, WOWOW |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $6,776,921
Budget: $1,250,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Oct 06, 2025 Entered: Oct 06, 2025 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Yoriko Kitahara | Masumi Shōji |
| Shinji Higuchi | Otaku |
| Kaori Fujii | School Nurse |
| Tetsu Sawaki | Retsuya Inubushi |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Aaron Levy | Sound Recordist |
| Ivy Chen | Still Photographer |
| Shunji Iwai | Editor, Director, Creator, Writer |
| Hiromi Shintani | Costume Design |
| Osamu Takizawa | Sound |
| Koto Nagata | Assistant Director |
| Noboru Shinoda | Director of Photography |
| Salyu | Songs |
| Melissa Sherwood Hofmann | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Takeshi Kobayashi | Original Music Composer |
| Yui Makino | Musician |
| Noboru Ishida | Production Design |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Koko Maeda | Associate Producer |
| Naoki Hashimoto | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
| Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | 33 | 43 | 23 |
| 2024 | 5 | 30 | 38 | 23 |
| 2024 | 6 | 31 | 57 | 17 |
| 2024 | 7 | 45 | 76 | 20 |
| 2024 | 8 | 37 | 63 | 22 |
| 2024 | 9 | 33 | 51 | 22 |
| 2024 | 10 | 24 | 41 | 16 |
| 2024 | 11 | 26 | 45 | 16 |
| 2024 | 12 | 29 | 62 | 19 |
| 2025 | 1 | 27 | 34 | 21 |
| 2025 | 2 | 20 | 33 | 4 |
| 2025 | 3 | 9 | 35 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 2 |
| 2025 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4 |
| 2025 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 4 |
| 2025 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 4 |
| 2025 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 3 |
| 2025 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 3 |
| 2025 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
Trending Position
| Year | Month | High | Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | 884 | 938 |