Love & Pop (1998)

7.7/10 112 min Drama

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.

Cast

Asumi Miwa

Hiromi Yoshii

Kirari

Chisa Noda

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

Harumi Shuhama

Ishioka

Hitomi Miwa

Hiromi's Sister

Ken Osawa

Business Man

Nana Okada

Hiromi's Mother

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