Love & Pop
“Schoolgirls by day… call girls by night…”
Drama
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.
VIBE
A raw, unflinching look at teenage ennui and the compromises made in a hyper-consumerist society. It feels like a quiet, observational study of young lives adrift, searching for meaning and connection in transactional relationships.
melancholiccynicaldetachedstarksteadyslice-of-lifeindie dramaobservationalsocial realismdisillusionmentsurvivalyouthconsumerism
japancamerateenage girl
