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Status
Released
Release
2001
Runtime
2h 26m
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"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.
20 Cast Members
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
Kazusa Matsuda
Sumika Kanzaki
Takahito Hosoyamada
Kentarō Sasaki
Chiyo Abe
Shizuko Hasumi
Izumi Inamori
Izumi Hoshino
Miwako Ichikawa
Shimabukuro
Anri Ban
Noriko Izawa
Takako Baba
School Nurse
Yoji Tanaka
Teru Onda
Yoriko Kitahara
Masumi Shōji
Shinji Higuchi
Otaku
Kaori Fujii
School Nurse
Tetsu Sawaki
Retsuya Inubushi
