First Love

When a duplicitous scheme by the low-level yakuza Kase (Shota Sometani) goes hilariously wrong a terminally ill boxer Leo (Masataka Kubota) and a disturbed drug addicted call girl Monica (Sakurako Konishi) find themselves innocently caught in the crosshairs of two warring gangs. Over the course of the increasingly ludicrous night the two fall passionately in love while the hail of bullets and blood fall quietly in the background. From prolific auteur Takashi Miike this noir-tinged violent yakuza film is Miike at his most fun and anarchic.

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