First Love (2019)

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

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.

fast-pacedviolentchaoticstylishdarkly comictensegrittyexuberant

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)

Trailer

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