In May of last year, this director who is famous for shooting gang violence films took part in the 73rd Cannes International Film Festival with such a seemingly pure and beautiful film.

The story revolves around a batch of newly arrived drugs. The gang member Kase, who betrayed his companions, and the unscrupulous police conspired to rob the next batch of new goods. They made a seemingly perfect plan and chose the custom female Monica as the scapegoat.

However, the accidental intervention of the underground boxer Leo made the plot start to turn around. The loss of the goods was attributed to the Chinese gang. It just so happened that the gang boss who had just been released is looking for a chance to settle the relationship between him and the Chinese gang. resentment. As a result, the little brother's betrayal turned into a gang fight, and a melee inevitably occurred.

Under the theme of gangsters, although the part of love is beautiful, it is still slightly thin, but what director Miike wants to show through this film is not only this beauty. What the film refers to seems to be the heartbeat and heartbeat of first love. I am ignorant, but it is actually the kind of pure affection under the meaning of "first love"-whether it is love, friendship, or the benevolence between traditional gangs.

Compared with a pure love story, "First Love" is more like a grand gang gathering.

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The title of a pure love movie is actually a gangster movie

Pierce 2022-01-24 08:03:28

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Burnice 2022-04-21 09:03:22

Miike returned to his own style in the 90s, gangsters, police, drugs, violence, Japanese, Chinese... The look and feel is still stronger than his works over the years, but there is no progress to speak of. In terms of male actors, Someya completely stole the limelight from the male lead, and Uchino Sacred Yang is also very domineering; in terms of actresses, the two supporting actresses are more dazzling, but the heroine is too weak
Adeline 2022-04-19 09:02:48

So romantic! Laugh out loud several times in the theater! Takashi Miike, who filmed the hot-blooded high school, can still make very exciting action scenes. Really happy to see. The male protagonist is a bit like a chestnut when he was young. The elder sister, who is very strong in combat, is actually of mixed British and Japanese blood.