First Love (2019)

Review: First Love (2019)

Director: Takashi Miike

Cast: Masataka Kubota, Nao Ômori, Shota Sometani, Sakurako Konishi, Becky,

Masataka Kubota
Masataka Kubota
Nao Ômori
Nao Ômori
Shota Sometani
Shota Sometani
Sakurako Konishi
Sakurako Konishi
Becky
Becky

Plot: Set over one night in Tokyo, we follow Leo, a young boxer down on his luck as he meets his ‘first love’ Monica, a call-girl and an addict but still innocent. But, little does Leo know, 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 their fates intertwine in spectacular Miike style, at his most fun and anarchic.

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