First Love

AroView: Crime thriller from prolific Japanese auteur director Takashi Miike set over a single night in Tokyo, where a down-on-his luck boxer and a call-girl get caught up in a drug smuggling scheme, and are pursued through the night by a corrupt cop, a yakuza member, his nemesis, and an assassin sent by the Chinese Triads.

A wildly entertaining blend of bloody violence, black comedy and romance wrapped up in an exhilarating pop-punk visual style.

“Frequently sublime … a piece of work so feral and full of life that you’d never guess it was (at least) the 90th feature its director has made in the last 30 years.” ~David Ehrlich, Indiewire