Project Detail

First Love (Hatsukoi)

Synopsis

Taking place over one night in Tokyo, Leo, a down-on-his-luck young boxer meets his 'first love', Monica, a call girl and an addict but who is still an innocent. Monica unwittingly gets caught up in a drug-smuggling scheme, and the two are pursued through the night by a corrupt cop, a yakuza, Leo’s nemesis and a female assassin sent by the Chinese Triads.
Official Selection Cannes Film Festival 2019 - Directors' Fortnight - World premiere
Official Selection Toronto International Film Festival 2019 - Midnight Madness
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2019 - Special Presentation
Official Selection International Film Festival Rotterdam 2020

Details

Year
2019
Type of project
Features
Running time
108 min
Director
Takashi Miike
Producer
Muneyuki Kii, Jeremy Thomas, Misako Saka
Editor
Akira Kamiya
Screenwriter
Masaru Nakamura
Director of Photography
Nobuyasu Kita
Sound
Jun Nakamura
Composer
Kôji Endô
Principal cast
Masataka Kubota, Nao Omori, Shota Sometani, Sakurako Konishi, Becky, Jun Murakami

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Production Status

Production Company

Japan, UK co-production

An Oriental Light and Magic (JP), Recorded Picture Company (UK), Toei Company (JP) production

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