All About Lily Chou-Chou

Screening Schedule

Nov 12 (Sat.) 10:00 at NTT CRED Hall 1

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Details

Since the late nineties, Japan has been plagued by a stream of violent acts committed by 14 year old teenagers, but no film had dared to look at what was behind such mindless behavior. LILY CHOU-CHOU looks at their pain, their fears, quests for affection, for belonging, and betrayals. Their turmoil, their reluctance,their inability to change themselves will challenge audiences, and society, to stand up and take notice!

Cast : Hayato Ichihara, Shugo Oshinari, Yu Aoi

Director : Shunji Iwai
Writter : Shunji Iwai
Cinematography : Noboru Shinoda
Editing : Shunji Iwai
Produced by Rockwell Eyes Inc.

Year of production: 2001
Running time: 146'
Country: Japan
Language : Japanese

Director

Shunji Iwai
Born in 1963, Shunji Iwai’s directing career began in 1988 with commercials, music videos and TV dramas, soon earning him acclaim for his cinematic style and vision, which came to be known as the “Iwai Aesthetic.” In 1995, he scored a huge hit across Asia with Love Letter and in 1996,PiCNiC won him a second consecutive award in the Forum section of the Berlin Film Festival, bringing him to even greater international attention. Swallowtail Butterfly (96) blazed a new trail in movie and music collaboration, and All About Lily Chou-Chou (01) won awards at Berlin and Shanghai. Other major works include Hana and Alice (04), a segment in the omnibus film New York, I Love You (09) and his first English-language film, Vampire (12), which played in competition at Sundance and in the Berlin Panorama section. Iwai’s first feature-length animated film, The Case of Hana & Alice, was invited to the 2015 Annecy Animation Festival. His latest film, A Bride for Rip Van Winkle (16), was released in Hong Kong and Taiwan prior to domestic release in Japan.