Please recommend similar films

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Nephilim-6 — 20 years ago(March 02, 2006 02:36 PM)

Not really about teenagers(then again the girl was pretty young) but very much about escapism: Shiki-jitsu.
it stars Shunji Iwai as one of the main characters.
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ascend — 20 years ago(March 09, 2006 03:07 PM)

BLUE SPRING / AOI HARU (Shugo Oshinari plays a small role)
HARMFUL INSECT / GAICHU (Yu Aoi is in this film)
NOBODY KNOWS / DAREMO SHIRANAI
SAMARIA

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mrsmcfly — 19 years ago(September 17, 2006 11:32 PM)

AOI HARU and SAMARIA! Brilliant. I agree.
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monsterpop — 19 years ago(December 11, 2006 03:18 PM)

blue spring i didn't care for, but the other three, and especially harmful insect i'd second. also shiota's earlier film moonlight whispers that someone mentioned below, although that one got under my skin a bit too much for me to comfortable with it

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alkemus — 19 years ago(January 30, 2007 08:01 PM)

Blegh!!
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I highly recommend it.

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Chris_Oblivion — 18 years ago(May 15, 2007 07:33 AM)

Oooh, I might have to stick some of these on my list..

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ascend — 20 years ago(March 09, 2006 03:11 PM)

also be on the lookout for the controversal Japanese film THE WHISPERING OF THE GODS starring Hirofumi Arai. Bleak as all hell.

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Erazorized — 20 years ago(March 20, 2006 11:49 AM)

There is no other one like it, i wouldn't even call any movie close to "similar" to this. I have seen a lot of movies from all reaches of the universe, and none of them is like Lily, Lily is very unique. Although, of course the other Shunji Iwai's movies have similar shooting techniques etc. But they aren't similar movies.
As stated above, it's not very similar to Lily, but I would recommend everyone to watch Takeshi Kitano's
Kids Return
. The best japanese movie about youth - right after Lily of course.

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the_wainman — 20 years ago(April 02, 2006 03:44 AM)

Both of those are good.
However, when I saw this I was very much reminded of Moonlight Whispers or Gekko no Sayasaki. That deals with japanese teenagers and the really disturbing sadistic/masochistic (yet charmingly sweet at times) female/male relationship between the main characters.
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Flabrezu — 17 years ago(July 14, 2008 02:06 AM)

I watched this movie. It pretty much sucked. Not good times.

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res_travis — 19 years ago(April 23, 2006 03:33 AM)

Martin Scorsese's Mean Streets. Ithink they're similiar, indeed.

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sleep_yes_i_luv — 19 years ago(April 24, 2006 07:08 AM)

And the Virgin Suicides - they girls are all doomed, just like the characters in Lily Chou Chou.

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Fru_is_Insomniac — 19 years ago(April 26, 2006 08:09 PM)

the movie "Mean Creek" is quite simillar
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imwithstupid_35 — 19 years ago(September 30, 2006 04:12 PM)

Kyua (not about teenagers though) it is about isolation in our modern world
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bechegaray — 19 years ago(June 25, 2006 10:53 AM)

"Sharasojyu" (2003) Naomi Kawase

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MRockwell219 — 19 years ago(July 24, 2006 07:41 AM)

Samaritan Girls(Samaria, Korean)
Nobody Knows(Dare mo shiranai, Japan)
Blue Spring(Aoi haru, Japan)
Elephant(Gus van Sant)
Garden in the Sky(Kuchu Teien, Japan)