Charts the troubled teenage years of students Yūichi Hasumi and Shūsuke Hoshino, exploring the shifting and complex power dynamics of their relationship against the backdrop of Yūichi's love for the dreamy and abstract music of pop star Lily Chou-Chou.
Directed by Shunji Iwai
suicide
japan
bullying
okinawa
coming of age
middle school
kendo
junior high school
japanese junior high schooler
Rank
#7 in 2001·#298 overall
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Cast
Hayato Ichihara
Yūichi Hasumi
Shugo Oshinari
Shūsuke Hoshino
Yu Aoi
Shiori Tsuda
Ayumi Ito
Yōko Kuno
Issey Takahashi
Ikeda Senpai
Ryo Katsuji
Terawaki Shioske
Takao Osawa
Tabito Takao
Kaku Tomohiro
Masashi Tadano
Takahito Hosoyamada
Kentarō Sasaki
Izumi Inamori
Izumi Hoshino
Miwako Ichikawa
Shimabukuro
Anri Ban
Noriko Izawa
Crew
Shunji Iwai
Creator
Shunji Iwai
Director
Shunji Iwai
Writer
Takeshi Kobayashi
Original Music Composer
Shunji Iwai
Editor
Noboru Shinoda
Director of Photography
Salyu
Songs
Yui Makino
Musician
Koko Maeda
Associate Producer
Koto Nagata
Assistant Director
Popular Reviews
2578 reviews
Shenaya
10.0★ · 03/05/25
i wanna be i wanna be just like a melody just like a simple sound like in harmony
peak.
i wanna be i wanna be just like a melody just like a simple sound like in harmony
peak.
3
Harry
8.0★ · 04/16/26
This was awful in the best way possible
This was awful in the best way possible
2
Shenaya
10.0★ · 03/05/25
i wanna be i wanna be just like a melody just like a simple sound like in harmony
peak.
i wanna be i wanna be just like a melody just like a simple sound like in harmony
peak.
2
Constança
2.8★ · 06/16/26
1
jah
9.0★ · 05/13/26
another unsettling mentally unstable niche aesthetic no real plot movie added to my favs !!
another unsettling mentally unstable niche aesthetic no real plot movie added to my favs !!
