First Love (2019)

 ●  Japanese ● 1 hr 48 mins

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One night in Tokyo, a young boxer Leo and a call girl Monica get caught up in a drug smuggling plot.The two meet when Monica is fleeing from a corrupt cop and Leo helps her out, thereby getting involved in a larger racket involving drug lords, assassins and co-conspirators who believe that Monica is fleeing with a parcel of cocaine.The film which opened to European and US audiences in September is the prolific auteur’s noir tinged yakuza film blending genres like comedy and action.

Cast: Becky Nitschke, Masataka Kubota, Sakurako Konishi

Crew: Takashi Miike (Director), Nobuyasu Kita (Director of Photography), Koji Endo (Music Director)

Rating: 15 (United Kingdom)

Genres: Crime, Comedy, Romance

Release Dates: 27 Sep 2019 (Canada), 01 Jan 2020 (France), 14 Feb 2020 (United Kingdom), 27 Sep 2019 (United States)

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Did you know? This film was screened in the Directors' Fortnight section at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival. Read More
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as Julie
as Monica
as Ichikawa
as Otomo
Supporting Actor
as Gondo
as Kase

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Film Type:
Feature
Language:
Japanese
Colour Info:
Color
Frame Rate:
24 fps
Aspect Ratio:
2.35:1
Stereoscopy:
No
Trivia:
This film was screened in the Directors' Fortnight section at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival.

This film was screened at the Toronto International Film Festival in September 2019.