First Love Poster

First Love

69.00% | April 1, 2000 | Romance

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.

Featured Crew

Masahiko Nagasawa
Writer
Tetsuo Shinohara
Director
Ivan Turgenev
Novel
0

Cast

Rena Tanaka
Rena Tanaka
Satoka Aida
Mieko Harada
Mieko Harada
Shizue Aida
Hiroyuki Sanada
Hiroyuki Sanada
ShinichirĂ´ Fujiki
Mitsuru Hirata
Mitsuru Hirata
Yasuhito Aida
Masaki Nishina
Masaki Nishina
Akihito Tatara

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