Pretty Tokyo teen Hiromi Yoshii (Asumi Miwa) and her girlfriends struggle
with rivalries, clothes and boyfriends, just like any other high school clique.
But out for kicks and blind to the consequences, the girls of LOVE & POP
hide a dirty little secret. From phone booths and street corners, in department
stores and restaurants, the girls practice enjo-kosai or “compensated
dating” - arranging liaisons with older men drawn to their evident nubile
charms and schoolgirl uniform innocence.
Ignored at home, bored at school and mindful of the dwindling possibilities
facing them upon graduation, Hiromi and her three classmates are willingly drawn
into a forbidden subculture of lascivious businessmen and clandestine
rendezvous. But the lure of easy money and the strength of their friendship are
no match for the pressures and risks the girls discover in Tokyo's sexual
underworld. As Hiromi's greed gets the better of her indifference, LOVE &
POP goes from a cheerful badgirl romp to an increasingly sinister cautionary
tale detailing the waste and loss that life in a plaid skirt-knee socks fastlane
guarantees.
In his live-action film debut, legendary anime cult director Hideaki Anno
(NEON GENESIS EVANGELION) pulls out all the stops, transforming Ryu Muramaki's
(TOKYO DECADENCE) scandalous novel into a sleek, state of the art digital
filmmaking bonanza overflowing with bold visuals. Shot with multiple Sony
Handycams, LOVE & POP is a primer in vanguard digital filmmaking technique.
Anno’s cameras probe every corner and scour every face within a glossy but
sordid world hidden amongst the shopping malls and coffee bars of Tokyo.
- NTSC Region 1
- English Subtitles
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- Love & Pop: The Music Video
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