I Give My First Love to You (2009)
"Boku no hatsukoi wo kimi ni sasagu" (original title)

As a child Takuma is diagnosed with a heart condition that requires care from a cardiologist. He soon becomes friends with his doctors young daughter Mayu while being treated at the ... See full summary »

Director:

Takehiko Shinjo

Writers:

Kotomi Aoki (manga), Kenji Bando (screenplay)

Stars:

Mao Inoue, Masaki Okada, Natsuki Harada

4 wins.

Cast

Credited cast:
Mao Inoue	...	Mayu Taneda
Masaki Okada	...	Takuma Kakunouchi
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Natsuki Harada	...	Teru Uehara
Keiko Horiuchi	...	Yoshimi Suzuya
Yoshihiko Hosoda	...	Takashi Suzuya
Masataka Kubota	...	Ritsu Sugiyama
Yôko Moriguchi	...	Ryôko Kakinouchi
Toru Nakamura	...	Dr. Takahito Taneda
Mari Okamoto
Tetta Sugimoto	...	Minoru Kakinouchi
Yuki Terada	...	Yoko Tamura
Gaku Yamamoto	...	Ryujo Suzuya

Storyline

As a child Takuma is diagnosed with a heart condition that requires care from a cardiologist. He soon becomes friends with his doctors young daughter Mayu while being treated at the hospital. One day Mayu overhears her father saying that Takumas condition is serious enough that he most likely wont live beyond the age of 20. Takuma isn't aware of this himself, however, so at 8-years-old he makes a promise to marry Mayu when they turn 20. Later in life, Takuma becomes aware that he wont be able to keep this promise and he begins distancing himself from Mayu in hopes of protecting her.

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site Official site [jp]

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Release Date:

24 October 2009 (Japan)

Also Known As:

I Give My First Love to You

Filming Locations:

Kiryu, Gunma, Japan

Company Credits

Production Co:

D.N. Dream Partners, Nippon Television Network Corporation (NTV), Pivot Plus Music (PPM)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

122 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Soundtracks

"Kimi wa boku ni koi wo suru"
Performed by Ken Hirai

User Reviews

Superficial and boring

This is the third Japanese romance I've watched where someone has a fatal health condition. I guess it is supposed to be moving, but isn't it too obvious and oversimplified?

I found "I give my first love to you" to be quite shallow. (Even the title sounds ridiculous.) Issues like "death" and "living" are not that easy to portray.

As for the romantic part of the film... well that didn't work out either. There was no chemistry between the two main characters, their love seemed out of place...

Two hours were way too long, the movie was slow and boring, many scenes felt unnecessary.

That said, Mao Inoue is cute as always and there are a few nice nature shots... Overall, it's not worth it.