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Love for Beginners

Love for Beginners

20127.22h 1m

Overview

Hibino Tsubaki is a young teenage girl with a talent for styling other people's hair. Yet, Tsubaki suffers from low self-esteem and isn't very comfortable styling her own hair. She also has a tendency to dress old-fashioned. She's teased at high school because of this. One day, popular male student Tsubaki Kyota targets Tsubaki for teasing. Tsubaki Kyota holds sway over the entire classroom and is quite a playboy. Inexplicably they fall in love. Meanwhile, Tsubaki Kyota has commitment issues...

Directed by Takeshi Furusawa
Written by Kanan Minami, Taeko Asano
Produced by Akiko Ikuno
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Top Cast

Emi Takei

Emi Takei

Tsubaki Hibino

Tori Matsuzaka

Tori Matsuzaka

Kyouta Tsubaki

Fumino Kimura

Fumino Kimura

Nana

Sho Aoyagi

Sho Aoyagi

Hananoi

Kento Yamazaki

Kento Yamazaki

Nishiki Hasegawa

Yua Shinkawa

Yua Shinkawa

Sakura Hibino

Rin Takanashi

Rin Takanashi

Arisa Yamauchi

E

Erina Dawkins

Misaki

Reiko Fujiwara

Reiko Fujiwara

Kana

Taiko Katono

Taiko Katono

About Love for Beginners

Love for Beginners is a romance, comedy film released in 2012. Directed by Takeshi Furusawa, it stars Emi Takei, Tori Matsuzaka, Fumino Kimura. Hibino Tsubaki is a young teenage girl with a talent for styling other people's hair. Yet, Tsubaki suffers from low self-esteem and isn't very comfortable styling her own hair. She also has a tendency to dress old-fashioned. She's teased at high school because of this. One day, popular male student Tsubaki Kyota targets Tsubaki for teasing. Tsubaki Kyota holds sway over the entire classroom and is quite a playboy. Inexplicably they fall in love. Meanwhile, Tsubaki Kyota has commitment issues...

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