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.
Mesrine: Public Enemy #1
Action, Thriller, Crime, Drama
7.3
Crank
Action, Thriller, Crime
6.6
Good People
Thriller, Crime, Action
5.5
Parasite
Comedy, Thriller, Drama
8.5
Rear Window
Thriller, Mystery
8.4
Shaun of the Dead
Horror, Comedy
7.5
12 Angry Men
Drama
8.5
Back to the Future
Adventure, Comedy, Science Fiction
8.3
Psycho
Horror, Thriller, Mystery
8.4
Marriage Story
Drama
7.7
Léon: The Professional
Crime, Drama, Action
8.3
Eyes Wide Shut
Drama, Thriller, Mystery
7.5
The Martian
Drama, Adventure, Science Fiction
7.7
The Shawshank Redemption
Drama, Crime
8.7
The Others
Horror, Mystery, Thriller
7.6
Midnight in Paris
Fantasy, Comedy, Romance
7.5
Fight Club
Drama
8.4
Taxi Driver
Crime, Drama
8.1
Deadpool
Action, Adventure, Comedy
7.6
The Danish Girl
Drama
7.6
Master of Love
Comedy
4.0
When Women Lost Their Tails
Comedy
3.2
Perfect Days
Drama
7.8
We
Science Fiction, Romance, Drama
4.9
Sliver
Drama, Thriller
5.5
Castle of Sand
Drama, Crime, Mystery, TV Movie
8.7
Oh Lucy!
Comedy, Drama, Romance
6.7
Princesses
Drama
6.8
Babel
Drama
7.2
Lost in Translation
Drama, Romance, Comedy
7.4
Pleasure Factory
Drama, Romance
4.5
Verhängnisvolle Leidenschaft Sylt
Drama, Romance, TV Movie
6.0
Tokyo Sonata
Drama
7.4
Tokyo!
Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
6.9
Milk Money
Comedy, Romance, Drama
6.4
Naked Wishes
Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
3.6
Dark Secrets
Drama
2.3
Camping
Romance, Thriller, Drama
2.0
Caligula
Drama, History
6.0
Tokyo Godfathers
Animation, Drama, Comedy
7.9