# First Love (2021)

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**Original title**: *ファーストラヴ*
**Runtime**: 119 min
**Genres**: Drama, Mystery
**Directed by**: Yukihiko Tsutsumi
**Written by**: Taeko Asano
**Starring**: Keiko Kitagawa, Tomoya Nakamura, Kyoko Yoshine, Yosuke Kubozuka, Itsuji Itao, Hoshi Ishida

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

A Kyoto dorm room in autumn. A stack of unmarked notebooks shakes on the desk.

A student’s path veers from textbooks to a borrowed knife.

A psychologist’s footnote grows into a whole shadowy floor.

**Mood tags**: cerebral, dread, slow-burn

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