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First Love

First Love

20196.71h 48m

Overview

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.

Directed by Takashi Miike
Written by Masaru Nakamura, Muneyuki Kii
Produced by Jeremy Thomas, Misako Saka, Muneyuki Kii
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Top Cast

Masataka Kubota

Masataka Kubota

Leo Katsuragi

Nao Omori

Nao Omori

Ōtomo

Shota Sometani

Shota Sometani

Kase

Sakurako Konishi

Sakurako Konishi

Monica

Becky

Becky

Julie

Takahiro Miura

Takahiro Miura

Yasu

Mami Fujioka

Mami Fujioka

Chiachi

Yen Cheng-kuo

Yen Cheng-kuo

Wan

Duan Chun-hao

Duan Chun-hao

Fu

Maimi Yajima

Maimi Yajima

Miyuki

Themes & Keywords

escapeyakuzaboxerterminal illnesstokyo, japancriminal underworldfirst loveincurable diseasecorrupt copkabukicho

About First Love

First Love is a crime, action, comedy film released in 2019 exploring themes of escape, yakuza, boxer, terminal illness, tokyo, japan, criminal underworld. Directed by Takashi Miike, it stars Masataka Kubota, Nao Omori, Shota Sometani. 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.

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