Love & Pop (1998)

7.7/10 • 112 min • Drama

Overview

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.

Cast

Asumi Miwa

Kirari

Yukie Nakama

Chieko Takamori

Mitsuru Hirata

Mitsuru Fukikoshi

Moro Morooka

Toru Tezuka

Ikkei Watanabe

Tadanobu Asano

Naomi Kawase

Woman speaking to Hiromi (voice)

Akira Ishida

Kotono Mitsuishi

Radio Host (voice)

Megumi Hayashibara

Answering Machine (voice)

Taiju Okayasu

Harumi Shuhama

Hitomi Miwa

Hiromi's Sister

Ken Osawa

Nana Okada

Hiromi's Mother

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