Love & Pop
7.4
“Schoolgirls by day... Call girls by night...”
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.
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Cast
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Asumi Miwa
Hiromi Yoshii
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Tadanobu Asano
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Naomi Kawase
Woman speaking to Hiromi (voice)
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Hideaki Anno Director · Akio Satsukawa Screenplay Ryū Murakami Author
United States release February 21, 2025 · Produced in Japan · Production Cine Bazar
Production
Toei Company
Production
Cine Bazar
Production
Japan
Produced in
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Original title
ラブ&ポップ
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · January 10, 1998
Theatrical
United States · July 6, 2004
Physical · DVD
United States · February 21, 2025
Limited theatrical · IFC Center
United States
February 23, 2025 · Limited theatrical · Los Feliz 3 Theatre
September 1, 2025 · Digital · HBO Max
October 6, 2026 · Physical · Blu-ray
American Samoa
August 31, 2025 · Digital · HBO Max
Guam
September 1, 2025 · Digital · HBO Max
Hong Kong SAR China
September 15, 2024 · Limited theatrical · bcSunday
Northern Mariana Islands
September 1, 2025 · Digital · HBO Max
Puerto Rico
September 1, 2025 · Digital · HBO Max
South Korea
October 8, 2026 · Digital · 2026-VF01594
U.S. Virgin Islands
September 1, 2025 · Digital · HBO Max
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