JAPAN · 2019

First Love

Takashi Miike
Japanese New Wave romance organized crime drug trafficking corruption redemption
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One night in Tokyo, Leo, a young boxer, meets his first love, Monica, an imprisoned sex worker. Caught up in a drug-smuggling scheme, they find themselves pursued by a corrupt cop, a yakuza, his nemesis, and a female assassin.

Year2019
CountryJapan
DirectorTakashi Miike
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