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Love & Pop

Original title: Rabu & poppu

“Schoolgirls by day... Call girls by night...”

1998 · 1 h 52 min
Directed by Hideaki Anno · Japan · Animation and Puppet Film
Drama

Cast

Tadanobu Asano L.L. Brothers Mitsuru Fukikoshi Yasu Genki Megumi Hayashibara Mitsuru Hirata

Credits

Written by: Hideaki Anno

Plot

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.

Sinekatalog’s take

Love & Pop (1998) is a Japanese drama directed by Hideaki Anno. It stars Asumi Miwa, Kirari and Hirono Kudo. It runs 112 minutes. It is listed here as part of the director's body of work.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 7.4 / 10 (2,622 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.