Love & Pop
Jan 10 1998
•2h 52m
•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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Asumi Miwa
Hiromi Yoshii
Kirari
Chisa Noda
Hirono Kudo
Nao Yokoi
Yukie Nakama
Chieko Takamori
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