I Give My First Love to You
(2009)
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I Give My First Love to You
(2009)
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Mao Inoue | ... |
Mayu Taneda
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Masaki Okada | ... |
Takuma Kakunouchi
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Natsuki Harada | ... |
Teru Uehara
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Keiko Horiuchi | ... |
Yoshimi Suzuya
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Yoshihiko Hosoda | ... |
Takashi Suzuya
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Masataka Kubota | ... |
Ritsu Sugiyama
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Yôko Moriguchi | ... |
Ryôko Kakinouchi
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Toru Nakamura | ... |
Dr. Takahito Taneda
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Mari Okamoto |
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Tetta Sugimoto | ... |
Minoru Kakinouchi
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Yuki Terada | ... |
Yoko Tamura
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Gaku Yamamoto | ... |
Ryujo Suzuya
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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. Written by Anonymous
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.