Underplayed Gems

First Love (1997)

First Love poster
Original title
初纏戀後的2人世界
Country
Japan
Rated
IIA
Rating
6.4 of 10 from 15 voters
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The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

Two separate love stories unfold in parallel. One follows a young man who works as a nighttime janitor and a girl who sleepwalks. The other shows a man afraid of love and his girlfriend. Both stories explore how people stumble into connection.

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What happens

『初恋』（はつこい、原題：初纏恋后的2人世界、英題：First Love, The Litter on the breeze）は、1997年に製作された、香港・日本合作の映画。日本では、1998年5月23日に公開された。金城武とカレン・モクのW主演。 夢遊病の少女と夜間清掃員の青年、恋に臆病な男と恋人が繰り広げる恋の行方を描く、2つのオムニバス形式の物語。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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