First Love

• Crime
• Action
• Comedy

A kinetic and unexpectedly tender crime film set against the neon-drenched backdrop of Tokyo’s Kabukicho district, *First Love* plunges viewers into a breathless, darkly comedic descent with a boxer grappling with a terminal illness and a sex worker trapped by circumstance. Their instant, reckless connection ignites amidst a chaotic web of yakuza power struggles, corrupt police, and a desperate drug-smuggling operation. The film trades in sharp tonal shifts, layering brutal action sequences with moments of quiet, aching intimacy, generating a uniquely melancholic and propulsive energy. Unlike typical genre fare, it doesn’t glorify the violence but portrays it as a symptom of desperation and fractured lives, framing a love story born from shared vulnerability within a world of inescapable consequence.