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.
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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 girlexperimental surrealism
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