Underplayed Gems

First Love (2019)

First Love poster
Original title
初恋
Directed by
Takashi Miike
Genre
action film, boxing film
Country
United Kingdom, Japan
Runtime
1h 48m
Rated
R
Rating
6.7 of 10 from 335 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A boxer and a call girl get caught up in a drug smuggling plot. Their night spirals into chaos with gangsters and police.

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What happens

First Love (Japanese: 初恋, Hepburn: Hatsukoi) is a 2019 crime thriller film directed by Takashi Miike. It tells the story of a boxer and a call girl who become unwittingly involved in a drug-smuggling scheme. The film premiered on 17 May 2019 in Directors' Fortnight, before being released in theatres in the United Kingdom and Japan in February 2020. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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