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'First Love': Cannes Review

The romance in First Love Hatsukoi is just one ingredient in an exhilarating cocktail of bloodbath violence and tar-black humour that will be catnip to Midnight Madness programmers and Miike devotees. Miike puts his foot to the pedal from the opening scenes, maintaining a feverish sense of pace as he introduces the disparate characters who will be swept up in a saga of drugs, double-dealing, dishonour, addiction and the redemptive power of love.

And, of course, death by a thousand different instruments including samurai sword, bullet and taser. Leo Masataka Kubota is a promising young Japanese boxer who is tipped for great success.


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A hospital check-up after a black-out reveals a brain tumour. His mood is reckless when he intervenes to help a young woman Yuri Sakurako Konishi being chased by what appears to be a bothersome older man.

Master of mayhem Takashi Miike gets romantic on us. Sort of.

He is not to know that Yuri is also called Melanie and is a drug-addict, haunted by memories of an abusive father and paying off family debts by working as a prostitute for a vicious gang. Miike does a commendable job of ensuring that we are never confused by the competing characters and shifting loyalties. Crisp editing by Akira Kamiya maintains a disciplined focus and there are some sharp cuts to savour, especially an early one from a boxing scene to a decapitation.

There is a depth of focus in the framing of the characters that allows figures to dominate a scene and loom over others. It suggests the panels of a comic book strip have come to life.

Mike seems to be in the mood to throw anything into the pot, including a brief burst of animation. First Love takes place over one night in Tokyo which only adds to the intensity of the action and the growing body count. Death comes with dizzying regularity but there are tender moments too and an abundance of gallows humour.

He knows when to break the mood, let viewers breathe and provide an outlet for all those pent-up emotions. Miike is on top form in the way he maintains momentum and stages action sequences.

Review: A boxer takes on the mob in Takashi Miike’s joyous thriller-romance ‘First Love’

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Revelation But I have this against you: You have abandoned your first love.

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