Strange Love

Strange Love

80 mins | Comedy, Animation, Romance | March 21, 1997

Two explorations of the Lolita complex. Sushiaki Karasawa, a young teacher at a Tokyo high school, becomes infatuated with Yoshida Chizuru, a 19-year-old student who appears in a shampoo commercial. She realizes he's attracted to her, so she shows up at his apartment and offers to sleep over. Soon he realizes that the games she plays have just begun. Later, Chizuru meets the new neighbor of her rock star boyfriend, Hiroyuki. The girl is Azumi Yamada, an innocent from the provinces who enrolls in Chizuru's school. This time it's Chizuru who's infatuated. What will Hiroyuki do when he finds out he's being thrown over for Azumi? Can Chizuru save her from Hiroyuki's revenge?

Strange Love

80 mins | Comedy, Animation, Romance | March 21, 1997

Strange Love
Two explorations of the Lolita complex. Sushiaki Karasawa, a young teacher at a Tokyo high school, becomes infatuated with Yoshida Chizuru, a 19-year-old student who appears in a shampoo commercial. She realizes he's attracted to her, so she shows up at his apartment and offers to sleep over. Soon he realizes that the games she plays have just begun. Later, Chizuru meets the new neighbor of her rock star boyfriend, Hiroyuki. The girl is Azumi Yamada, an innocent from the provinces who enrolls in Chizuru's school. This time it's Chizuru who's infatuated. What will Hiroyuki do when he finds out he's being thrown over for Azumi? Can Chizuru save her from Hiroyuki's revenge?
IMDb rating 5.5
Producers Group TAC
Original title Hen
Directors Daiji Suzuki
Writers Hiroya Oku

Cast

Atsuko Kichiya

as Chizuru Yoshida

Takehito Koyasu

as Sushiaki

Ayumi Sakurai

as Azumi Yamada

Yoshiko Kamei

as Azumi's Mother

Aruno Tahara

as / Tadokoro

Miyuki Ono

as / Female Teacher

Yosuke Akimoto

as Gokudo

Makoto Tsumura

as Brat A / Gaki A