All About Lily Chou-Chou
“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.
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9 films
Cast
20 people
Hayato Ichihara
Yūichi Hasumi
Known for
Yakuza Apocalypse
Blade of the Immortal
Shugo Oshinari
Shūsuke Hoshino
Known for
BOYS OVER FLOWERS
Battle Royale II: Requiem
Yu Aoi
Shiori Tsuda
Known for
Space Pirate Captain Harlock
Redline
Ayumi Ito
Yōko Kuno
Known for
Tokyo Vice
Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children
Issey Takahashi
Ikeda-senpai
Known for
Whisper of the Heart
Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning
Ryo Katsuji
Shioske Terawaki
Known for
Origin: Spirits of the Past
The Case of Hana & Alice
Takao Osawa
Tabito Takao
Known for
Wolf Children
Kingdom: Return of the Great General
Tomohiro Kaku
Masashi Tadano
Known for
Ju-on: The Curse 2
GANTZ:O
Kazusa Matsuda
Sumika Kanzaki
Known for
Crying Out Love in the Center of the World
Takahito Hosoyamada
Kentarō Sasaki
Known for
GO
Chiyo Abe
Shizuko Hasumi
No other roles listed
Izumi Inamori
Izumi Hoshino
Also in
Long Vacation
He Who Can't Marry
Shunji Iwai Director · Takeshi Kobayashi Composer Noboru Shinoda Cinematographer
Worldwide gross $6.8M · Budget $1.2M · United States release July 12, 2002
Box office
Budget
$1,250,000
Worldwide gross
$6,776,921
Gross vs. budget
5.4×
Production
Rockwell Eyes
Production
JVC
Production
WOWOW
Production
OORONG-SHA
Production
Japan
Produced in
Languages
Original title
リリイ・シュシュのすべて
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Canada · September 7, 2001
Premiere · Toronto International Film Festival
Japan · October 6, 2001
Theatrical
United States · July 12, 2002
Limited theatrical
United States · February 15, 2005
Physical · DVD
United States
October 4, 2001 · Premiere · Chicago International Film Festival
May 7, 2019 · Physical · Blu-ray
China
June 14, 2002 · Premiere · Shanghai International Film Festival
Czechia
July 6, 2002 · Premiere · Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
Germany
February 6, 2002 · Premiere · Berlin International Film Festival
Hong Kong SAR China
December 12, 2002 · Premiere
December 19, 2002 · Theatrical
Italy
March 1, 2024 · Limited theatrical · Cinema Modernissimo
South Korea
November 10, 2001 · Premiere · Busan International Film Festival
June 23, 2005 · Theatrical
Taiwan
January 21, 2005 · Theatrical
September 24, 2026 · Theatrical · 25週年數位修復版
Thailand
February 10, 2005 · Limited theatrical
July 7, 2022 · Theatrical · Anniversary Re-release
Türkiye
January 19, 2003 · Premiere · AFM International Independent Film Festival
United Kingdom
August 30, 2002 · Theatrical
July 18, 2003 · Physical · DVD
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