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Love & Pop

1998 · 112 min · Director: Hideaki Anno ★ IMDb 7.4 · 2,624 ratings

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A high school girl engages in compensated dating in order to buy an expensive ring before the day ends.

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Love & Pop (1998) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Anxiety 30%, Sadness 25%, Empathy 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

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Each viewer contributes one response, split equally across their selected emotions. When available, an automated estimate supplies a prior that is blended with those responses. Counts include distinct viewers, not automated estimates or archived anonymous votes. Fewer than 3 viewers is an early estimate; more responses do not guarantee certainty.

Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Anxiety, Sadness, Empathy. Genres: Drama. AI estimate.

Is it worth watching?

Consider this title if you are looking for Anxiety, Sadness and Empathy. Its IMDb rating of 7.4/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 70/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Melancholy
  • Empathy
  • Disturbing

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Dominant emotion: Melancholy

Dominant emotion: Curiosity

Dominant emotion: Empathy

Dominant emotion: Disturbing

Dominant emotion: Tension

Melancholy
Empathy
Disturbing
Emotional journey Emotional intensity over the film’s runtime, from quieter to stronger on a fixed 0–1 scale. Hatched intervals have insufficient subtitle evidence. The table provides the values.
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 3 %, then dips around 13 %, then peaks around 88 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityMelancholyEmpathyDisturbing
2.5 %≈ 3′Melancholy38 %35 %22 %17 %
7.5 %≈ 8′Melancholy38 %30 %21 %17 %
12.5 %≈ 14′Curiosity38 %23 %22 %20 %
17.5 %≈ 20′Melancholy39 %27 %27 %21 %
22.5 %≈ 25′Melancholy39 %32 %32 %14 %
27.5 %≈ 31′Melancholy42 %26 %32 %9 %
32.5 %≈ 36′Curiosity45 %14 %24 %16 %
37.5 %≈ 42′Curiosity46 %13 %24 %29 %
42.5 %≈ 48′Empathy48 %19 %33 %40 %
47.5 %≈ 53′Disturbing53 %17 %38 %46 %
52.5 %≈ 59′Tension54 %23 %43 %41 %
57.5 %≈ 64′Empathy58 %32 %49 %42 %
62.5 %≈ 70′Disturbing62 %31 %48 %49 %
67.5 %≈ 76′Tension56 %28 %41 %40 %
72.5 %≈ 81′Tension51 %28 %35 %32 %
77.5 %≈ 87′Curiosity60 %32 %45 %46 %
82.5 %≈ 92′Disturbing74 %43 %61 %60 %
87.5 %≈ 98′Melancholy74 %57 %68 %47 %
92.5 %≈ 104′Melancholy69 %67 %60 %23 %
97.5 %≈ 109′Melancholy68 %69 %47 %9 %
Riches to rags

Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.

Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.

Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.

Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.

Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.

Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.

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Cast

AM
Asumi Miwa

Hiromi Yoshii

K
Kirari

Chisa Noda

HK
Hirono Kudo

Nao Yokoi

YN
Yukie Nakama

Chieko Takamori

MH
Mitsuru Hirata

Kakegawa

MM
Moro Morooka

Yazaki

TT
Toru Tezuka

Uehara

IW
Ikkei Watanabe

Kobayashi

Tadanobu Asano

Captain XX

NK
Naomi Kawase

Woman speaking to Hiromi (voice)

Akira Ishida

Yoshio

Kotono Mitsuishi

Radio Host (voice)

Megumi Hayashibara

Answering Machine (voice)

TO
Taiju Okayasu

Odagiri

RS
Ritsuko Shimada

Aoki

HS
Harumi Shuhama

Ishioka

HM
Hitomi Miwa

Hiromi's Sister

KO
Ken Osawa

Business Man

NO
Nana Okada

Hiromi's Mother

Details

Directed by
Hideaki Anno
Written by
Ryû Murakami, Hideaki Anno, Akio Satsukawa
Type
Movies
Released
1998
Runtime
112 min
Country
Japan
Genres
Drama
Ratings
★ IMDb 7.4 · 2,624 ratings
Feels mostly
Anxiety
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