''Lala Pipo: A Lot of People'' ( ja, ララピポ) is a 2005 Japanese novel by Hideo Okuda. It was made into a movie by the same name in 2009. ''Lala Pipo'' is the directorial debut of Masayuki Miyano. The screenplay was written by

Tetsuya Nakashima Tetsuya Nakashima (中島哲也) (born 1959) is a Japanese film director and screenwriter. He was born in Fukuoka, attending high school in Chikushino. His 2010 film '' Confessions'' was awarded Best Picture at the Japanese Academy Awards, where ...

, writer-director of ''

Kamikaze Girls ''Kamikaze Girls'', originally released in Japan as , is a 2002 Japanese light novel written by Novala Takemoto. The story centers on the friendship between two students named Momoko Ryugasaki and Ichigo "Ichiko" Shirayuri. These two are fro ...

'' and ''

Memories of Matsuko is a 2006 Japanese musical film written and directed by Tetsuya Nakashima. It is based on a Japanese novel by Muneki Yamada. It has not yet received North American distribution, though in its North American premiere at the 2007 New York Asian Fi ...

''. The novel and movie both chronicle the life of six people involved with the Japanese porn industry. The book is divided into 6 chapters, with each chapter telling the story of one character. The book is distributed by Vertical, Inc., and the movie is distributed by

Third Window Films Third Window Films is a UK-based distributor of movies from East Asia founded in 2005. They have provided distribution for numerous award-winning films, such as ''Oasis'' (Winner of Marcello Mastroianni Award, FIPRESCI Prize Signis Award and Specia ...

in the UK.

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