Strange Love
1997, Japanese. Directed by Daiji Suzuki.
Two explorations of the Lolita complex. Sushiaki Karasawa, a young teacher at a Tokyo high school, becomes infatuated with Yoshida Chizuru, a 19-year-old student who appears in a shampoo commercial. She realizes he's attracted to her, so she shows up at his apartment and offers to sleep over. Soon he realizes that the games she plays have just begun. Later, Chizuru meets the new neighbor of her rock star boyfriend, Hiroyuki. The girl is Azumi Yamada, an innocent from the provinces who enrolls in Chizuru's school. This time it's Chizuru who's infatuated. What will Hiroyuki do when he finds out he's being thrown over for Azumi? Can Chizuru save her from Hiroyuki's revenge?
- Runtime
- 1h 20m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Japanese
- Rated
- NR
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- Released
- 21 March 1997
- Original title
- Hen
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Strange Love runs 80 minutes (1h 20m).
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Strange Love is rated NR in India. Check the rating guidance before watching with young children.
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Strange Love isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 21 March 1997. (Checked 10 November 2026.)
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Who directed Strange Love?
Strange Love (1997) was directed by Daiji Suzuki and stars Atsuko Kichiya, Takehito Koyasu, Ayumi Sakurai.