Love & Pop

Name: Love & Pop
Genre: Drama
Rating: 80
Cast: Asumi Miwa, Kirari, Hirono Kudo, Yukie Nakama, Hitomi Miwa

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Love & Pop

1998

1h 49m

Drama

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Three high school sophomores in Shibuya race against time to gather money for an expensive accessory. They try various ways to earn cash before the store closes.

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Jennie Kermode

Eye for Film

Jul 20, 2024

3.5/5

The film does an impressive job of bringing us close to its young female protagonists, and never more so than when showing us their appreciation of the absurd.

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Panos Kotzathanasis

Asian Movie Pulse

Jul 23, 2020

"Love and Pop" is a very interesting film, in a style reminiscent of Sion Sono to many, and definitely deserves a watch, particularly to the viewer that can see the social commentary beyond the perversions and the unusual visual approach.

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DanTheMan 2

@DanTheMan2150AD Jul 21, 2026

Though nobody will ever say it, Hideaki Anno, I know what you are...

windose 2

@windose20 Jul 16, 2026

青春、友情、欲が表現されていた。援助交際でお金を集めて欲しいものを買い一時的に心の穴を埋め合わせる、わからなくもない。それはさておき、いろいろな視点から撮影しているカメラ技術がすごかった。あと見てるときの浮遊感っていうのかな、雰囲気が心地よいと思った。

Lily V.

@seleneci Feb 11, 2026

Friendships are surely amazing

Wiktor G.

@Satoshi_6 Nov 9, 2025

It’s really weird and I don’t understand a lot of the motives - like the cat or the muscat scene

dustin d

@RT12543299 Aug 14, 2017

Love & Pop is a moderately engaging film based on the dubious premise Japanese high school girls engage in prostitution to pursue mindless consumerism. (This was based on unsubstantiated, anecdotal news stories from the '90s.) The experimental filmmaking is interesting at times, but too showoffy at others. Check out the babyfaced Tadanobu Asano.

Apr 16, 2011

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Hideaki Anno

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Asumi Miwa

Hiromi Yoshii

Kirari

Chisa Noda

Hirono Kudo

Nao Yokoi

Yukie Nakama

Chieko Takamori

Hitomi Miwa

Hiromi's Sister

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Three high school sophomores in Shibuya race against time to gather money for an expensive accessory. They try various ways to earn cash before the store closes.

Director: Hideaki Anno
Producer: Miyuki Nanri
Screenwriter: Akio Satsukawa
Genre: Drama
Original Language: Japanese
Runtime: 1h 49m

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