Movie: First Love

Top 10 Billed Cast

Rena Tanaka
田中麗奈

Satoka Aida

Mieko Harada
原田美枝子

Shizue Aida

Hiroyuki Sanada
真田広之

Shinichirô Fujiki

Mitsuru Hirata
平田満

Yasuhito Aida

Masaki Nishina
仁科克基

Akihito Tatara

Makoto Satō
佐藤允

Hineki Mito
Hineki Mito

Eriko Mikamo
Eriko Mikamo

Yoji Tanaka
田中要次

Prep School Teacher

Airi Ando
Airi Ando

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    This coming-of-age story from Japan opens just after 17-year-old Sataka has gotten dumped by her boyfriend. When her mother is hospitalized with a malignant stomach ulcer, Sataka is left alone with her emotionally repressed father; whiling away the hours one day, she comes across a love letter written to her mother 24 years earlier. Deciding to track down the letter's author, Sataka eventually finds Shinichiro (Hiroyuki Sanada), an overweight slob who was abandoned by his wife years earlier and now spends his time hanging around pachinko parlors. Determined to clean him up and reintroduce him to her mother, Sataka nags Shinchiro until he finally agrees to her demands, and a gradual friendship develops between the two as Sataka drags him to the gym and a clothing store. But once Shinchiro's makeover is complete, he turns the tables on his young friend, and when the time comes for him to meet Sataka's mother, all concerned parties find themselves embarking on a new phase in their lives.

  • Release Date

    2000-04-01

  • Average

    6.9

  • Rating:

    3.5 starts
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  • Languages:

    日本語

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