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First Love

2019 · 108 min

A wild, funny, violent night chase through Tokyo that keeps swerving between tenderness and mayhem.

Directed by
Takashi Miike
Genres
Crime, Action, Comedy
Starring
Masataka Kubota, Nao Omori, Shota Sometani
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.

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Directed by
Takashi Miike
Genres
Crime, Action, Comedy
Starring
Masataka Kubota, Nao Omori, Shota Sometani
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Tone
  • absurdstrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • crime
  • survival
  • addiction
  • redemption
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
  • road trip
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore strong
  • Language strong
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action8
Horror3
Humour6
Realism6
Romance6
Tension7
Darkness6
Complexity6
Emotional weight6

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Genres
crime, action, comedy
Directed by
Takashi Miike
Written by
Masaru Nakamura
Starring
Masataka Kubota, Nao Omori, Shota Sometani, Sakurako Konishi, Becky, Takahiro Miura, Mami Fujioka, Yen Cheng-kuo
Music
Koji Endo
Cinematography
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Runtime
108 min
Country
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Languages
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