---
title: 'Love & Pop (1998)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Hideaki Anno'
released: '1998-01-09'
runtime_minutes: 110
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Japan'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/love-pop-1998'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0168972/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Love & Pop (1998)

1998 · 110 min · Drama · Japan

Original title: ラブ&ポップ

## Synopsis

Love & Pop  is a 1998 Japanese experimental coming-of-age film directed and co-written by Hideaki Anno, based on the novel Topaz II by Ryū Murakami. It was Anno's first live action feature-length film.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Hideaki Anno](https://cinepixo.com/people/hideaki-anno)
- **Screenplay:** [Hideaki Anno](https://cinepixo.com/people/hideaki-anno), [Akio Satsukawa](https://cinepixo.com/people/akio-satsukawa)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Shinkichi Mitsumune](https://cinepixo.com/people/shinkichi-mitsumune)
- **Producer:** [Toshimichi Ohtsuki](https://cinepixo.com/people/toshimichi-ohtsuki)

## Cast

- [Mitsuru Fukikoshi](https://cinepixo.com/people/mitsuru-fukikoshi)
- [Akira Ishida](https://cinepixo.com/people/akira-ishida)
- [Yukie Nakama](https://cinepixo.com/people/yukie-nakama)
- [Megumi Hayashibara](https://cinepixo.com/people/megumi-hayashibara)
- [Hitomi Miwa](https://cinepixo.com/people/hitomi-miwa)
- [Ikkei Watanabe](https://cinepixo.com/people/ikkei-watanabe)
- [Tadanobu Asano](https://cinepixo.com/people/tadanobu-asano)
- [Kirari](https://cinepixo.com/people/kirari)
- [Nana Okada](https://cinepixo.com/people/nana-okada)
- [Asumi Miwa](https://cinepixo.com/people/asumi-miwa)
- [Kotono Mitsuishi](https://cinepixo.com/people/kotono-mitsuishi)
- [Mitsuru Hirata](https://cinepixo.com/people/mitsuru-hirata)

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