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Dates: during 2002-2002
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...suggest that Japan's rising sun is about to climb a little higher. Shunji Iwai has got pop-culture sensibility down pat and, in All About Lily Chou-Chou, his lens finds the gritty underside of young Japan. Yuichi, (Ichihara Hayato) a shy teen, is bullied by schoolmate Hoshino, (Oshinara Shugo). Among other trials, he is forced to masturbate in front of five other boys. For solace, Yuichi listens to pop idol Lily Chou-Chou and constructs his own identity in an online chat room devoted to her. Yuichi befriends a pianist named Yoko (Ayumi Ito) and she becomes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Asia's New Cinematic Values | 4/8/2002 | See Source »

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