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First Love
Directed By: Takashi Miike

窪田正孝
Jonathan Romney
Film Comment Magazine
The tone of Takashi Miike’s latest film is best encapsulated by a single image: a close-up of a freshly severed head, its features wreathed in a goofy, blissed-out grin.

小西桜子
Stephen Dalton
Hollywood Reporter
The Tarantino-style rollercoaster ride is as effortlessly enjoyable as ever, accentuating the director’s lighter comic leanings over his bloodthirsty side.
Jessica Kiang
Variety
“First Love” is mostly remarkable for renewing once again the apparently infinitely renewable resource that is Miike’s filmmaking energy.

染谷将太
Glenn Kenny
New York Times
The ensuing mayhem offers a fair share of gore and slapstick. Miike’s seemingly offhand inventiveness is evident in almost every shot and cut.
