Love for Beginners

2012 2h 1m JA

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7.1

SOLID

★7.1TMDB · 45

RomanceComedy

Synopsis

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Hibino Tsubaki is a young teenage girl with a talent for styling other people's hair. Yet, Tsubaki suffers from low self-esteem and isn't very comfortable styling her own hair. She also has a tendency to dress old-fashioned. She's teased at high school because of this. One day, popular male student Tsubaki Kyota targets Tsubaki for teasing. Tsubaki Kyota holds sway over the entire classroom and is quite a playboy. Inexplicably they fall in love. Meanwhile, Tsubaki Kyota has commitment issues...

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Emi Takei
Tsubaki Hibino
Tori Matsuzaka
Kyouta Tsubaki
Fumino Kimura
Nana
Sho Aoyagi
Hananoi
Kento Yamazaki
Nishiki Hasegawa
Yua Shinkawa
Sakura Hibino
Rin Takanashi
Arisa Yamauchi
Erina Dawkins
Misaki

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Takeshi Furusawa
Writers: Kanan Minami, Taeko Asano
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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1 / 5

ERA

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Released 14 years ago.

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2 / 5

CRAFT

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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3 / 5

CAST

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Emi Takei and Tori Matsuzaka and Fumino Kimura carry the top of the cast.

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4 / 5

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt2118667 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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5 / 5

WILD

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Only 45 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Takeshi Furusawa directs. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Released 14 years ago.
2Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
3Emi Takei and Tori Matsuzaka and Fumino Kimura carry the top of the cast.
4IMDB entry: tt2118667 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
5Only 45 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.