First Love (2019)
Directed by Takashi Miike
Genres - Action, Adventure, Romance, Comedy, Crime, Thriller |
Sub-Genres - Crime Comedy, Romantic Comedy |
Release Date - Sep 18, 2019 (USA - Limited), Feb 11, 2020 (USA) |
Run Time - 108 min. |
Countries - Japan, United States |
MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Jinko Labitag
Monica (Sakurako Konishi) is a woman pushed into the world of drugs, gangsters, and prostitution by her abusive father. She finds an opportunity to escape her turmoil when she gets involved in a scheme headed by gangster Kase (Shôta Sometani), but it goes horribly wrong. Her attempt at freedom leads her to meet Leo (Masataka Kubota), a talented boxer who has an incurable disease. Together, they are thrust into the crossfire between the Yakuza and the Chinese mafia and have to work together to ensure each other’s survival. Directed by Takashi Miike.
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boxer, drug-trade, first-love, hijacking, hitman, prostitute/prostitution