First Love

May 31, 2019

1h 48m

★ 6.7

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.

Genres

Crime

Action

Comedy

Production Companies

Recorded Picture Company

OLM

Akatsuki

The Asahi Shimbun

Asmik Ace

Toei Video Company

VAP

Good Smile Company

KDDI

Alchemy Bros.

First Love Trailers

Cast

Leo Katsuragi

Masataka Kubota

Ōtomo

Nao Omori

Kase

Shota Sometani

Monica

Sakurako Konishi

Julie

Becky

Yasu

Takahiro Miura

Chiachi

Mami Fujioka

Wan

Yen Cheng-kuo

Duan Chun-hao

Miyuki

Maimi Yajima

Masayuki Deai

Ichikawa

Jun Murakami

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