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Initiation Love (2015)

Initiation Love poster
Original title
イニシエーション・ラブ
Directed by
Yukihiko Tsutsumi
Genre
romance film
Country
Japan
Runtime
1h 50m
Rated
IIA
Rating
7.4 of 10 from 49 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young man falls in love with a woman he meets through a friend. Their relationship develops over time, but secrets from the past begin to surface.

romanticnostalgiclightly tensebittersweetslow-burn

What happens

Initiation Love (Japanese: イニシエーション・ラブ) is a Japanese romance film directed by Yukihiko Tsutsumi. It was released in Japan on May 23, 2015. The film is based on a novel of the same name by Kurumi Inui. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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