Release Date

01 Apr, 2000

Runtime

01:53: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

This coming-of-age story from Japan opens just after 17-year-old Sataka has gotten dumped by her boyfriend. When her mother is hospitalized with a malignant stomach ulcer, Sataka is left alone with her emotionally repressed father; whiling away the hours one day, she comes across a love letter written to her mother 24 years earlier. Deciding to track down the letter's author, Sataka eventually finds Shinichiro (Hiroyuki Sanada), an overweight slob who was abandoned by his wife years earlier and now spends his time hanging around pachinko parlors. Determined to clean him up and reintroduce him to her mother, Sataka nags Shinchiro until he finally agrees to her demands, and a gradual friendship develops between the two as Sataka drags him to the gym and a clothing store. But once Shinchiro's makeover is complete, he turns the tables on his young friend, and when the time comes for him to meet Sataka's mother, all concerned parties find themselves embarking on a new phase in their lives.

Original Title

はつ恋

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Actors

田中麗奈

原田美枝子

真田広之

平田満

仁科克基

佐藤允

Hineki Mito

Eriko Mikamo

田中要次

Airi Ando

サミ・ポップ

Sachiko Hara

Nori Horikoshi

十貫寺梅軒

Nao Kaneda

Daizen Kondo

Takeshi Mikami

中村久美

Mari Nishino

佐藤恒治

Akiko Takeuchi

Crew

長澤雅彦

篠原哲雄

野中英敏

都築雄二

藤澤順一

久石譲

千野毅彦