All About Lily Chou-Chou

Friday, October 9 - Saturday, October 10, 2026

Staff pick by Richard

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.

• Country Japan
• Language Japanese with English subtitles
• Year 2001
• Running Time 146 minutes
• Format DCP
• Distributor Film Movement
• Director Shunji Iwai
• Cast Hayato Ichihara, Shûgo Oshinari, Ayumi Ito, Yû Aoi, Takao Ohsawa, Miwako Ichikawa, Izumi Inamori
• Accessibility Assistive Listening, T-Coil

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