First Love

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john c Oct 18, 2019 Not enough violence / I wanted a yakuza blood bath! See more

Par H @Parhwy Apr 25, 2026 First Love (2019) is a 108-minute-long Japanese crime/thriller/romance I saw on DVD (which I hired from my local library) in April 2026. Loved this film. I would love to tell you about all the scenes, acting, costuming, dialogue, artistry, directing, scripting, cinematography… and so on and on. I won’t, that would spoil what I really would love: That you watch this film like I did, with a mere paragraph of description on the back of a DVD box, heading into the unknown and falling in love with grimaces, laughs, gasps and lols. There is only one scene I baulked heavily due to a significant style divergence; while I get it was perhaps necessary due to the scene’s logistics, it was jarring. Rewatch? Yes. Recommend? Yes! 9/10. See more

Lúcio Leonardo P @LucioTomas Nov 16, 2024 Entertainment that pleases as an action film, even if the plot uses the stereotypical romance based on its short story. It's violent, brutal, with well-orchestrated fights and a plot with accusations between the lines. We have a fable that uses comical attempts (with small successes) to provide a certain relief in its aggressiveness and that works well with the cliché of first love, in the last yakuza. See more

Darren D @DarrenJD Feb 19, 2024 "First Love" a brilliant & dark humoured love story from Takashi Miike & if you're familiar with his work, it's made in the manner you would expect, with blood, gore & severed heads, as two young down on their luck people accidentally come together & get tangled up with courrpt cops, stolen drugs & gang warfare. See more

Gareth D @HiGarethDavies Jul 16, 2023 Absolutely insane, weird, dark, gory and fast-paced. Loved it. See more

william d @acsdoug Feb 21, 2023 I got a real kick out of this one. See more

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