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Schoolgirls by day, Call girls by night - Love & Pop
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Title: Love & Pop

Release Date: 10 Jan 1998

Runtime: 1h 52m

Genre: Drama

Director: Toei Company, Cine Bazar

Production Companies: Toei Company, Cine Bazar

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.

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Ratings

Average Vote: 7.7 (70 votes)

Cast

  • Hiromi Yoshii: Asumi Miwa
  • Chisa Noda: Kirari
  • Nao Yokoi: Hirono Kudo
  • Chieko Takamori: Yukie Nakama
  • Kakegawa: Mitsuru Hirata
  • Yoshimura: Mitsuru Fukikoshi
  • Yazaki: Moro Morooka
  • Uehara: Toru Tezuka
  • Kobayashi: Ikkei Watanabe
  • Captain XX: Tadanobu Asano
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