First Love (2021)

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• Movie: First Love
• Romaji: First Love
• Japanese: ファーストラヴ

• Director: Yukihiko Tsutsumi
• Writer: Rio Shimamoto (novel), Taeko Asano
• Producer: Naohiko Ninomiya
• Cinematographer:
• Release Date: February 11, 2021
• Runtime: 119 min.
• Genre: Thriller
• Distributor: Kadokawa Pictures
• Language: Japanese
• Country: Japan

Synopsis

Female university student Kanna Hijiriyama wanted to become an announcer. She gives up on her oral test to become an announcer and kills her father. The media searches for the motive on why Kanna killed her father.

Yuki Makabe (Keiko Kitagawa) is a certified psychologist. She receives an offer to write a book about Kanna Hijiriyama. Yuki Makabe talks to Kanna Hijiriyama in prison and also to people that are familiar with her. While doing her research on Kanna Hijiriyama, Yuki Makabe notices that Kanna Hijiriyama is a lot like herself when she was younger. Yuki Makabe faces memories that were buried deep in her mind.