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First Love

6.7(351)20191h 48m3

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.

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Status
Released
Budget
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Box office
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Language
Japanese
  • escape
  • yakuza
  • boxer
  • terminal illness
  • tokyo, japan
  • criminal underworld
  • first love
  • incurable disease
  • corrupt cop
  • kabukicho

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Japan, United Kingdom

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • PremiereFantastic Fest19 Sept 2019
    • Theatrical (limited)New York and Los Angeles27 Sept 2019
    • Digital / OTTR11 Feb 2020
    • PhysicalNRDVD & Blu-ray11 Feb 2020
  • United KingdomGB

    • PremiereLondon Film Festival11 Oct 2019
    • Theatrical (limited)1514 Feb 2020
    • Digital / OTT1514 Feb 2020
    • Physical1524 Feb 2020
  • AustraliaAU

    • TheatricalMA15+27 May 2021
    • Physical4 Oct 2021
  • CanadaCA

    • PremiereRToronto International Film Festival13 Sept 2019
    • Theatrical (limited)R4 Oct 2019
    • Digital / OTTR11 Feb 2020
    • PhysicalR11 Feb 2020
  • DenmarkDK

    • Physical1531 May 2019
  • FinlandFI

    • Theatrical (limited)K-1631 May 2019
  • FranceFR

    • PremiereDirectors' Fortnight17 May 2019
    • Theatrical (limited)31 May 2019
    • PremiereStrasbourg European Fantastic Film Festival21 Sept 2019
    • Theatrical1 Jan 2020
    • Digital / OTTVOD27 Apr 2020
    • PhysicalDVD3 Jun 2020
  • GermanyDE

    • Premiere18Fantasy Filmfest9 Sept 2019
  • IrelandIE

    • Digital / OTT1514 Feb 2020
  • ItalyIT

    • Digital / OTT24 Mar 2021
  • JapanJP

    • TheatricalPG1228 Feb 2020
  • NorwayNO

    • Theatrical1531 May 2019

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First Love was released on 31 May 2019.

Audience reviews

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    Dr Nostromo

    6/20/2026

    8/10

    79/100 When I sit down to watch a Miike film, I know I'm either gonna like it or hate it. This one was a blast. The Yakuza, the Chinese mobs, thieves within the ranks, a corrupt cop, all go to war over a bag of drugs with an enslaved girl, who has weird hallucinations, making her escape with a boxer, right in the middle of it. Neither the viewer, nor anyone in the film, has the slightest idea of what's really goin…

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