Lie Lie Lie

Lie Lie Lie (1997)

Hatano is living as an insomniac freelance typesetter alone in his bayside apartment. One day, Aikawa, a high school classmate he hasn’t seen in over ten years, shows up on his doorstep bearing a bag of clams. Though he claims to be the director of a fast-growing trading company, Aikawa crashes on Hatano’s couch for days on end. When the sleeping pills he was offered produce a strange side effect, Hatano is slowly dragged into Aikawa’s con-artist lifestyle. Soon afterward, they cross paths with the representative of a big-name publishing company and Aikawa’s ultimate scam begins to unfold.

Date of release
1997-10-04
TMDB
8.0 / 10 (1)
Runtime
2h 3m
Genres
Drama
Director
Shun Nakahara

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Based on: Ramo Nakajima

Lie Lie Lie, also stylized as Lie lie Lie, is a 1997 Japanese comedy drama crime film directed by Shun Nakahara and written by Aki Itami and Manabu Saruwata. It is based upon the novel Eien mo nakaba o sugite by Ramo Nakajima. It stars Etsushi Toyokawa, Honami Suzuki and Kōichi Satō as a trio of con artists. Ryo Yoshimata composed the film's score, while its self-titled theme song was written and performed by Bonnie Pink. Lie Lie Lie was theatrically released by Toei Company on October 4, 1997, in Japan.

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