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EXCLUSIVE: Diane Kruger, Hero Fiennes Tiffin, Jeffrey Donovan and Sydney Park have joined romantic drama First Love from writer/director A.J. Edwards. Produced by Henry Kittredge, Lucas Jarach, Nadine de Barros and Edwards, the film is currently in production in LA. Kruger serves as an executive producer and De…

Prolific Japanese auteur Takashi Miike's latest feature is First Love, the wild genre romp that follows a young boxer and a call girl who get caught up in a drug-smuggling scheme over the course of one night in Tokyo. The pic premiered in Cannes' Directors’ Fortnight program and has also played Toronto, Busan, London…

Michael Masarof debut feature film First Love has been acquired by Indie Rights. The independent film distributor will release the film theatrically in Los Angeles as well as digital/VOD platforms on December 13. Written and directed by Masarof, the drama stars Annie Heise (The Blacklist, Madoff) and Aaron Costa Ganis…

Well Go USA Entertainment has picked up North American rights to Takashi Miike's First Love following its world premiere in Directors’ Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival. The noir-tinged yakuza film follows the story of a young boxer and a call girl who fall passionately in love while getting innocently caught up…

Details have been released today about Takashi Miike’s Cannes Directors’ Fortnight-bound action-thriller First Love. Set over one night in Tokyo, the film will follow Leo, a young boxer down on his luck as he meets his 'first love' Monica, a call girl and an addict but still an innocent. Little does Leo know, Monica…