2 Movies Starring Hayato Ichihara

All About Lily Chou-Chou

All About Lily Chou-Chou

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2001-10-06

Languages:

Japanese, Ryukyuan

Countries:

Japan

Runtime:

146 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.7 (5796 Reviews)

Director:

Shunji Iwai

Fullplot:

Life isn't easy for a group of high school kids growing up absurd in Japan's pervasive pop/cyber culture. As they negotiate teen badlands- school bullies, parents from another planet, lurid snapshots of sex and death- these everyday rebels without a cause seek sanctuary, even salvation, through pop star savior Lily Chou-Chou, embracing her sad, dreamy songs and sharing their fears and secrets in Lilyholic chat rooms. Immersed in the speed of everyday troubles, their lives inevitably climax in a fatal collision between real and virtual identities, a final logging-off from innocence.

God's Puzzle

God's Puzzle

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2008-06-07

Languages:

Japanese

Countries:

Japan

Runtime:

134 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.3 (289 Reviews)

Director:

Takashi Miike

Genres:

Sci-Fi

Cast:

Writer:

Shinji Kimoto (novel)

Masa Nakamura (screenplay)

Fullplot:

A set of twins -- one a hard-working student and the other a drifter -- team up with a dropout to unlock the secrets of the universe and to build one of their own.

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