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First Love

2021 · 119 min

A cold, inward psychological plunge where a crime becomes a mirror, leaving you uneasy and quietly disturbed long after.

Directed by
Yukihiko Tsutsumi
Genres
Drama, Mystery
Starring
Keiko Kitagawa, Tomoya Nakamura, Kyoko Yoshine
Overview
A university student has the usual dreams and aspirations. It turns out to be a pipe dream and so she murders her own flesh and blood. The usual media heads seek an answer in order to sell copy. A psychologist is writing a book about the character and incident. Her research for the subject matter turn the psychologist inward and things come out of the shadows that perhaps are better left buried deep in the shadows of the psyche.

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Directed by
Yukihiko Tsutsumi
Genres
Drama, Mystery
Starring
Keiko Kitagawa, Tomoya Nakamura, Kyoko Yoshine
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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • guilt
  • obsession
  • identity
  • madness
  • media
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror3
Humour1
Realism7
Romance1
Tension7
Darkness8
Complexity7
Emotional weight8

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Genres
drama, mystery
Directed by
Yukihiko Tsutsumi
Written by
Taeko Asano
Starring
Keiko Kitagawa, Tomoya Nakamura, Kyoko Yoshine, Yosuke Kubozuka, Itsuji Itao, Hoshi Ishida, Sho Kiyohara, Saki Takaoka
Runtime
119 min
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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