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First Love (1997)

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Original title
初纏戀後的2人世界
Directed by
Eric Kot Man-Fai
Genre
romance, comedy, drama
Country
Japan
Runtime
1h 39m
Rated
IIA
Rating
6.4 of 10 from 15 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

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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