CinemaOSMovie · 2009 · 1h 34m

Lalapipo

56%(12)IMDbDramaComedy

Adapted from a sex-stuffed cult novel, LALAPIPO (a play on the phrase “A Lot of People”) follows divergent seedy strands of sexual and narrative spaghetti through the sticky Tokyo night. There’s a chubby freelance writer who’s so obsessed with masturbating to the sound of his upstairs neighbors going at it that he forgets to deal with his own love life and when he finally does have sex he is immediately filled with self-loathing. The upstairs neighbor’s story then splits off like an amoeba: she’s an office lady seduced by a “talent scout” who is falling down the sex industry ladder, moving from hostess, to massage girl, to private karaoke attendant. The talent scout’s story then splits off and runs in its own direction, revealing the sorry state of this young pimp’s soul. From there, the movie takes more and more time to consider the lives of more and more characters until the entire Japanese sex industry is filled with the wailing of lost souls.

Directed byMasayuki Miyano

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 34m
Language
JA
Released
February 7, 2009
Studios
Nikkatsu CorporationHakuhodo DY Media PartnersYoshimoto Kogyo

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Lalapipo trailer

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Featuring

Cast & crew

9 credited
Starring
Yuri Nakamura

Yuri Nakamura

Tomoko

Hiroki Narimiya

Hiroki Narimiya

Kenji Kurino

Saori Hara

Saori Hara

Miku

Sayuki Matsumoto

Sayuki Matsumoto

Girlfirend

Tomoko Murakami

Tomoko Murakami

Sayuri

Sarutoki Minagawa

Sarutoki Minagawa

Hiroshi

Takashi Yoshimura

Takashi Yoshimura

Koichi

Mari Hamada

Mari Hamada

Yoshie

Megu Fujiura

Megu Fujiura

Megu Fujiura

Creative team
Directed by
Masayuki Miyano
Written by
Tetsuya Nakashima
Tetsuya Nakashima
Produced by
Yûji Ishida
Naoki Sato

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