ALL ABOUT LILY CHOU-CHOU

Pain can take you in prison. The ether can set you free.

For kids around the world, music is often the only salvation when the pain and anxiety of teenage life becomes too much to bear. Yuichi (Hayato Ichihara) is in the 8th grade and he worships Lily Chou-Chou, a Bjork-like chanteuse whose epic music is lush and transcendent. Yuichi only lives for Lily Chou-Chou's big Tokyo concert, where the lies and violence can be washed away by the presence of his goddess and her powerful music. But fate has yet another obstacle in store for Lily's devoted fan.

directed by: Shunji Iwai
starring: Hayato Ichihara, Shûgo Oshinari, Ayumi Ito, Takao Ohsawa, Miwako Ichikawa, Izumi Inamori, Yû Aoii
2001 / 146 min / 1.78:1 / Japanese LPCM 2.0 & 5.1

Additional info:

• Region Free Blu-ray
• Making-Of Featurette
• New essay by Stephen Cremin (deputy director NYAFF)
• English subtitles