All About Lily Chou-Chou
2001 2h 26m movie Film Japan

All About Lily Chou-Chou

リリイ・シュシュのすべて

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

Synopsis

リリイ・シュシュのすべて

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

Charts the troubled teenage years of students Yūichi Hasumi and Shūsuke Hoshino, exploring the shifting and complex power dynamics of their relationship against the backdrop of Yūichi's love for the dreamy and abstract music of fictional pop star Lily Chou-Chou.

Titles With Overlapping Themes

Films and series that share thematic tags with All About Lily Chou-Chou. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.

Drama + Crime in Japan

203 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Drama and Crime genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding All About Lily Chou-Chou itself).

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The 2000–2002 Japan Window

All About Lily Chou-Chou holds position #68 of 226 Japan films in the 2000–2002 window, below highlighted by audience rating.

  1. Ninpuu Sentai Hurricaneger
    #1

    Ninpuu Sentai Hurricaneger

    ★ 9.0 · 2002
  2. My Family
    #2

    My Family

    ★ 9.0 · 2002
  3. Hyakujuu Sentai Gaoranger
    #3

    Hyakujuu Sentai Gaoranger

    ★ 8.9 · 2001
  4. InuYasha
    #4

    InuYasha

    ★ 8.6 · 2000
  5. Fighting Spirit
    #5

    Fighting Spirit

    ★ 8.6 · 2000
  6. Shaman King
    #6

    Shaman King

    ★ 8.6 · 2001
  7. Digimon Tamers
    #7

    Digimon Tamers

    ★ 8.6 · 2001
  8. Leave it to Kero!
    #8

    Leave it to Kero!

    ★ 8.6 · 2000

The 2000s Japan Landscape

Catalog density by release year across the 2000s in Japan, 1020 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when All About Lily Chou-Chou premiered alongside 79 others.

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Position in Catalog

Released alongside 79 other Japan films in 2001.

The 1372nd Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).

Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).

Audience Engagement

188
Reviews
85th
Review-volume percentile
86th
Popularity percentile

188 audience reviews — more than 85% of Japan films in our index.

Popularity sits at the 86th percentile among Japan films.

Thematic Fingerprint

Tags on All About Lily Chou-Chou, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.

Distinctive themes · rare across catalog
  • okinawa · 5
  • middle school · 3
  • kendo · 1
  • japanese middle school students · 1
  • japanese junior high schooler · 1
Recurring themes · common across catalog
  • bullying · 27
Mainstream tags · widely used across catalog
  • japan · 454
  • coming of age · 78

Reception Benchmarks

7.3
TMDB Rating
188
Audience Reviews
Highly Rated
Critical Tier

Ranked #1,549 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (66th percentile by TMDB audience score).

Rating is +0.4 points above the Japan average of 6.9/10.

Among Japan Drama productions specifically: #672 of 1,933 (top 35%).

Production Details

Primary CountryJapan
Original LanguageJapanese
Production CompaniesRockwell Eyes, JVC, WOWOW, OORONG-SHA
Runtime2h 26m
Release DateOctober 6, 2001
IMDbtt0297721