loved it. super funny and has one of the greatest characters of all time... one arm wang

Loved it! Good from start to finish.

Eye-popping is one way to describe the prolific Japanese director’s 103rd film, a cheerfully pulpy Tokyo-set noir.

Yet while this vibrant and energetic version of Miike is certainly a blast, it can feel underwhelming when you know this was the same man who made the visceral and disturbed Visitor Q and the bone-chilling Audition.

Jenny Nulf

Austin Chronicle

While not quite arriving at the delirious cult highs of a classic like “Ichi the Killer,” “First Love” is Miike’s most accessible work in years.

Bradley Warren

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