Riri Shushu no subete (2001)

User Rating:

7.7/10   

Director:

Shunji Iwai

Writer:

Shunji Iwai (writer)

Release Date:

6 October 2001 (Japan)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Music | Thriller

Tagline:

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

Plot:

Life isn't easy for a group of high school kids growing up absurd in Japan's pervasive pop/cyber culture...

Plot Keywords:

Japan | 21st Century | Dream Like | Masturbation | Japanese

Awards:

4 wins

Cast

Hayato Ichihara	...	Yûichi Hasumi
Shûgo Oshinari	...	Shusuke Hoshino
Ayumi Ito	...	Yôko Kuno
Takao Osawa	...	Tabito Takao
Miwako Ichikawa	...	Shimabukuro
Izumi Inamori	...	Izumi Hoshino
Yû Aoi	...	Shiori Tsuda
Kazusa Matsuda	...	Sumika Kanzaki
Ryo Katsuji	...	Terawaki Shioske
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Takako Baba	...	School girl
Yuki Ito	...	Kamino
Tomohiro Kaku	...	Yuichi's friend
Hideyuki Kasahara	...	Kyota Shimizu
Yoji Tanaka	...	Teacher

Directed by
Shunji Iwai

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Shunji Iwai		writer

Produced by
Koko Maeda	....	producer

Original Music by
Takeshi Kobayashi

Cinematography by
Noboru Shinoda

Film Editing by
Yoshiharu Nakagami

Production Design by
Noboru Ishida

Sound Department
Aaron Levy	....	sound recordist
Melissa Sherwood Hofmann	....	sound re-recording mixer
Osamu Takizawa	....	sound

Camera and Electrical Department
Hikaru Yasuda	....	assistant camera

Other crew
Atsushi Naito	....	legal advisor

Production Companies

• Rockwell Eyes

Distributors

• Cowboy Pictures (2002) (USA) (subtitled)
• Home Vision Entertainment (HVE) (2005) (USA) (all media)

Also Known As:

All About Lily Chou-Chou (International: English title) (USA)
Lily Chou-Chou no subete (Japan) (alternative transliteration)

Runtime:

146 min | 157 min (original cut)

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese | Ryukyuan

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

South Korea:15 | Australia:MA | Singapore:NC-16 | UK:15

Company:

Rockwell Eyes

Trivia:

The idea of Lily Chou-Chou, the rock star, was inspired by Hong Kong singer and actress, Faye Wong.

Quotes:

Izumi Hoshino: You're adorable Yuichi, can we adopt you?
[Yuichi looks at Izumi and smiles]
Izumi Hoshino: [laughs] Guess not!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)

It likes a knife through my heart.

It's my first time to watch movies by Shunji Iwai. I'm so deeply moved and hurt by the movie. It is so beautiful and cruel that I think adolescent should not see it. It likes a knife through my heart. Thanks Shunji Iwai, it's a perfect movie that no one can expect to see a few in his life. I have expected to see a warmhearted movie about a lonely boy, but this movie give me far more than that. I'm so attracted by the actress who acted the girl who died. She is just the kind of girl I loved and her tragedy hurt me a lot. The performance of the actors are very good although they are young and lack of experience. And the music is very unique and like it is said in the movie,it's like a religion.