Summary
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.
Good for
- Friends night
- Thought-provoking
- Adults
Skip it if
- You need an uplifting mood
- You want to half-watch while scrolling
- You're watching with family
Where to watch
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Audiences like it more than critics (+10)
Critics 43Audiences 53GoodWatch 48
Tomatometer43%
IMDb5.8
Audience score47%
Running time
1 h 34 min
Shorter than most dramas, −15 min on the typical 109
typical 10994Half of all dramas run 98–125 min.
Reach
Streams in 2 countries, rent or buy in 1 more
Released
2009
February 7, 2009
17 years ago
Genres
DramaComedyLanguage
Japanese
Original language
Made in
- Japan
Rated
No age rating yet.
What's in it
- ViolenceModerate
- Gore, disturbing imagesMild
- Frightening scenesMild
- Sex, nudityStrong
- Dark themesStrong
- Strong languageNamed in the advisories
- Drug useNamed in the advisories
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsFriends NightSolo WatchThought-ProvokingNot listed for kids or family movie night.
and 6 moreDirecting · 2
- Masayuki Miyano Director
- Katsumi Nojiri Assistant Director
Writing · 2
- Tetsuya Nakashima Screenplay
- Hideo Okuda Novel
Production · 7
- Harushi Mizukami Producer
- Yûji Ishida Producer
- Hajime Matsumoto Producer
- Naoki Sato Producer
- Yutaka Suzuki Producer
- Junjiro Kurosawa Casting
Camera · 1
- Atsushi Ozawa Director of Photography
Sound · 2
- Haruo Chikada Music Supervisor
- AI Theme Song Performance
Art · 2
- Yuji Tsuzuki Production Design
- Yo Maeda Assistant Decorator
Costume & Make-Up · 1
- Tomoka Tanabe Assistant Makeup Artist
Visual Effects · 1
- Shinji Tsuchiya Visual Effects Producer, Special Effects
Other crew · 1
- Masashi Yabuhara Mixing Engineer
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