Impressionist composer Achille-Claude Debussy and flamboyant Icelandic singer Bjork are named as kindred spirits). Enamored by the poster, he takes it home with him and quickly discovers the singer's website "Lilyholic", a site devoted to the singer and her eclectic brand of "etheral" music (French It is at this pawnshop that Hasumi encounters a billboard poster publicizing one of Lily Chou-Chou's CD albums. Their aimless and mischevious days are spent committing various acts of petty theft, often instigated by Hoshino (they steal some company bonds from a sleeping old man and shoplift some CDs from a bookstore to sell back to a local pawnshop). While the title suggests a film detailing the life of the movie's enigmatic and ethereal fictional songstress Lily (singer Salya), the film's actual focus is on childhood friends Shusuke Hoshino (Oshinari Shugo) and Yuichi Hasumi (Ichihara Hayato), junior high school classmates in the Ashikaga, Tochigi Prefecture.
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In recent years schools have tried to take a more aggressive stance on the problem and recent TV J-Doramas, like the powerful Watashi Tachi No Kyokashou and Life, have also attempted to bring awareness to the issue beyond the classroom.ĭirector Iwai Shunji tackles this sensitive subject in his thought-provoking 2001 film Lily Chou-Chou No Subete (a.k.a.
Every year, there are cases of Japanese teens taking their own lives rather than face daily persecution from their classmates and tormentors involving everything from physical and emotional abuse, to the extortion of money, public humiliation and harassment, and even death threats via cellphone or computer email (texting messages like "shine/die" Nowhere is that more apparent than in Japan, where cases of ijime (bullying) have been extreme and notorious. Much debate ensued regarding not only the current state of the youth culture in America but the increasing escalation of teen violence and instances of aggressive bullying - particularly "cyber bullying". When recent footage of Florida teen Victoria Lindsay being attacked by classmates in her home was posted on YouTube, it generated overwhelming public outrage and condemnation. While the film's hard look at the issues of apathy, teen aggression, obsession and nihilism are indeed compelling, the powerful performances from Iwai's talented and youthful cast make this film an absolute must-see. Sometimes bleak picture of Japanese youth culture. Iwai Shunji's haunting and emotionally charged social drama paints a dark and Hayato Ichihara, Shugo Oshinari, Ayumi Ito, Takao Osawa, Miwako Ichikawa, Izumi Inamori, Yu Aoi Hasumi (Hayato Ichihara) finds comforting solace in the music of "ethereal girl",Įnigmatic and mysterious musician Lily Chou-Chou in Shunji Iwai's haunting All About Lily Chou-Chou.
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