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First Love

First Love

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First Love

2019

1h 48m

6.7(344 votes)

Crime

Action

Comedy

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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OLM

Akatsuki

The Asahi Shimbun

Asmik Ace

Toei Video Company

VAP

Good Smile Company

KDDI

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

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

Creative team

Directed by: Takashi Miike
Written by: Masaru Nakamura
Muneyuki Kii
Produced by: Jeremy Thomas
Misako Saka

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