Some sequences are so incomprehensible they play as complete abstractions. He and his cinematographer, Noboru Shinoda, are in love with their lightweight digital camera, and give us jerky hand-held out-of-focus shots. Shiori has a secret crush on Yuichi, but is under Hoshino's control and pathetically confides on the telephone, "Lately, when I think of men I think of customers." The elements are in place for a powerful story of alienated Japanese teenagers, but the writer-director, Shunji Iwai, cannot bring himself to make the story accessible to ordinary audiences. Hoshino has another sideline: He pimps Shiori ( Yu Aoi) to prostitute herself with businessmen, and makes her give him most of the money. Both Yuichi and Yoko are the targets of cliques of school bullies.įor a while, Yuichi has a friend, Hoshino ( Shugo Oshinari), a fellow student who turns into a sadist and forces Yuichi to steal money and give it to him. He has a crush on the real-life Yoko ( Ayumi Ito), a gifted pianist.
Ironically, then, one of her songs consists of repetitions of "I see you and you see me." She is idolized by Yuichi ( Hayato Ichihara), a student in high school. The story: Lily Chou-Chou is a Japanese pop idol, who must be real, since she appears in concert, but who we never see.
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