Initiation Love / イニシエーション・ラブ (2015)

Profile

• Movie: Initiation Love
• Romaji: Inishieshon Love
• Japanese: イニシエーション・ラブ

• Director: Yukihiko Tsutsumi
• Writer: Kurumi Inui (novel), Tete Inoue
• Producer: Nobuyuki Iinuma, Naoto Hatakeyama, Miho Kobayashi
• Cinematographer: Satoru Karasawa
• Release Date: May 23, 2015
• Runtime: 110 min.
• Genre: Romance / Mystery
• Distributor: Toho
• Language: Japanese
• Country: Japan

Synopsis

Set in Shizuoka and Tokyo, Japan in the late 1980’s. Suzuki (Shota Matsuda) is a university student in Shizuoka attempting to find a job. Mayu (Atsuko Maeda) is a dental hygienist. They meet through a blind date and begin to date, but Suzuki finds a job in Tokyo and goes there. They begin a long distance relationship, but their relationship breaks down.