Crime ·Action ·Comedy · Japan · 2019 · 1h 48m

First Love

初恋

First Love poster
Director
Takashi Miike
Cast
Masataka Kubota as Leo Katsuragi Nao Omori as Ōtomo Shota Sometani as Kase Sakurako Konishi as Monica Becky as Julie Takahiro Miura as Yasu
Crew
Nobuyasu Kita — Director of Photography Akira Kamiya — Editor Koji Endo — Original Music Composer Masaru Nakamura — Screenplay Muneyuki Kii — Story Jeremy Thomas — Producer
Synopsis

One night in Tokyo, Leo, a young boxer, meets his first love, Monica, an imprisoned sex worker. Caught up in a drug-smuggling scheme, they find themselves pursued by a corrupt cop, a yakuza, his nemesis, and a female assassin.

Trailer First Love — Official Trailer
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Mood & Themes
escapeyakuzaboxerterminal illnesstokyo, japancriminal underworldfirst loveincurable diseasecorrupt copkabukicho
Key Collaborators
Takashi Miike Director Nobuyasu Kita Director of Photography Akira Kamiya Editor Koji Endo Original Music Composer Masaru Nakamura Screenplay Muneyuki Kii Story Jeremy Thomas Producer Misako Saka Producer Muneyuki Kii Producer Tsuyoshi Shimizu Production Design
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