Love & Pop

Love & Pop

110 mins | Drama | Jan. 10, 1998

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.

Love & Pop

110 mins | Drama | Jan. 10, 1998

Love & Pop
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.
IMDb rating 7.4
Producers Toei Company, Ltd., Cine Bazar
Original title ラブ&ポップ
Directors Masatoshi Kurakata, Masahiko Otsuka, Tsuyoshi Sugino, Masayuki, Hideaki Anno, Makoto Kamiya
Writers Akio Satsukawa, Hideaki Anno, Ryū Murakami

Cast

Asumi Miwa

as Hiromi Yoshii

Hirono Kudo

as Nao Yokoi

Kirari

as Chisa Noda

Yukie Nakama

as Chieko Takamori

Tadanobu Asano

as Captain XX

Leo Morimoto

as Hiromi's Father

Nana Okada

as Hiromi's Mother

Mitsuru Hirata

as Kakegawa

Mitsuru Fukikoshi

as Yoshimura

Morooka Moro

as Yazaki

Ikkei Watanabe

as Kobayashi

Hitomi Miwa

as Hiromi's Sister

Toru Tezuka

as Uehara

Akira Ishida

as Yoshio

Taiju Okayasu

as Odagiri

Ritsuko Shimada

as Aoki

Harumi Shuhama

as Ishioka

Ken Osawa

as Business Man

Kotono Mitsuishi

as Radio Host (voice)

Megumi Hayashibara

as Answering Machine (voice)

Naomi Kawase

as Woman speaking to Hiromi (voice)