First Love
May 31 2019
•2h 48m
•Crime, Action, Comedy
Set over one night in Tokyo, we follow Leo, a young boxer down on his luck as he meets his ‘first love’ Monica, a call-girl and an addict but still innocent. But, little does Leo know, Monica is unwittingly caught up in a drug-smuggling scheme, and the two are pursued through the night by a corrupt cop, a yakuza, his nemesis, and a female assassin sent by the Chinese Triads. All their fates intertwine in spectacular Miike style, at his most fun and anarchic.
Cast
See allMasataka Kubota
Leo Katsuragi
Nao Ômori
Ōtomo
Shota Sometani
Kase
Sakurako Konishi
Monica
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