72SSIFF - 20/28 September 2024
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Hatsukoi / First Love

Takashi Miike
Japan - UK      108 m.
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Leo is a young boxer down on his luck who meets his 'first love', Monica, a call girl and a drug addict, but still an innocent. Unbeknownst to Leo, Monica is unwittingly caught up in a drug-smuggling scheme, and the two are pursued through the night by a corrupt cop, a yakuza, his nemesis, and a female assassin sent by the Chinese Triads. All of their fates intertwine.

Director
Takashi Miike
Screenplay
Masaru Nakamura
Production
OLM (Japan)
Muneyuki Kii
Recorded Picture Company (United Kingdom)
Jeremy Thomas
Sales
HanWay Films (United Kingdom)
Distribution
Barton Films SL
Photography
Nobuyashu Kita
Edition
Akira Kamiya
Music
Koji Endo
Cast
Masataka Kubota, Nao Omori, Shota Sometani, Sakurako Konishi, Becky , Jun Murakami
Format
DCP FOLLOWING DCI
Running Time
108 m.
Country
Japan - UK
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