# Love for Beginners (2012)

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**Original title**: *今日、恋をはじめます*
**Runtime**: 121 min
**Genres**: Romance, Comedy
**Directed by**: Takeshi Furusawa
**Written by**: Taeko Asano
**Starring**: Emi Takei, Tori Matsuzaka, Fumino Kimura, Sho Aoyagi, Kento Yamazaki, Yua Shinkawa

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Here's a film that asks: what if a wallflower got a makeover and a boyfriend? Tsubaki is a shy hairdresser targeted by the school playboy, Kyota, and somehow they begin dating. That he's a cad is something the film can't quite overcome.

**Mood tags**: foreign-gem, cozy, playful, tender

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