All About Lily Chou-Chou (2001)

7.4 | Oct 06, 2001 (JP) | Drama, Crime | 02:26

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Budget: 1 250 000 | Revenue: 6 776 921

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

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.