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Title: For Love's Sake (2012)
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| Satoshi Tsumabuki | ... | Makoto Taiga | |
| Emi Takei | ... | Ai Saotome childhood | |
| Takumi Saitoh | ... | Hiroshi Iwashimizu (as Takumi Saitô) | |
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Ito Ohno | ... | Yuki Takahara |
| Masachika Ichimura | ... | Shogo Saotome | |
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Yo Hitoto | ... | Miyako Saotome (as Yô Hitoto) |
| Kimiko Yo | ... | Toyo Taiga | |
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Seishirô Katô | ... | Makoto Taiga |
| Sakura Andô | ... | Gum-ko | |
| Tsuyoshi Ihara | ... | Kenta Zaô | |
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Ken Aoki | ||
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Ayano | ||
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Ken Maeda | ... | Teacher |
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Troubled high school student Makoto arrives in Tokyo to exact revenge from a past incident. He then falls in love at first sight with Ai, a daughter raised in a wholesome family. Around Makoto and Ai are Iwashimizu , who has feelings for Ai and Gamuko , a gang member who eyes Makoto. Also Gamuko's leader, Yuki have eyes for Makoto too. Who will get Makoto? Written by anonymous
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Very definitely worth seeing, Miike's latest starts out wonderfully strong, but tends to bog down during the middle third of its 131 minute running time. Though based on a manga, this is also a clever send-up of romantic/tragic musicals that - at its best - sets hilariously cheesy dance numbers to vintage Japanese pop songs (one song sounds very much like a variation on "Urami Bushi", aka "The Grudge Song", popular from both FEMALE PRISONER #701: SCORPION 701 and KILL BILL: Vol. 2, while another would appear to be the theme song to the 60's TV cartoon show, WOLF BOY KEN). FOR LOVE'S SAKE also features a lot of violent, over-the-top fight scenes, perhaps too many of which involve the male heartthrob nearly punching the life out of a adoring schoolgirls (I found these scenes a bit repetitive after a while). Still, despite it's drawbacks, fans of Miike will not want to miss this one.