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All About Lily Chou-Chou

“Pain can take you in prison. The ether can set you free.”

2001 · 2 h 26 min
Directed by Shunji Iwai
CrimeDramaMusical

Cast

Cast not recorded here

Plot

Two Japanese teenage students' relationship power dynamics shift as an online fan community for a singer provides escape.

Sinekatalog’s take

Shunji Iwai's drama is lyrical, bleak and devastating, an influential film of teenage alienation.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 7.5 / 10 (14,721 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.