

First Love
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
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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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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
1- D8/10
Dr Nostromo
6/20/2026
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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