Takashi Miike (Audition) seems to never take a break from making movies, and we’re damn sure thankful for that. With over 100 directing credits already listed on his IMDb resume, Miike is back this year with First Love, a brand new action-thriller premiering at Cannes!
Deadline details First Love today:
“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 is unwittingly caught up in a drug-smuggling scheme, and the two are pursued through the night by a corrupt cop, a yakuza, his nemesis, and a female assassin sent by the Chinese Triads.”
The characters come together in “spectacular Miike style, at his most fun and anarchic.”
Jeremy Thomas is producing the film, alongside Muneyuki Kii and Misako Saka.
