The Moment You Fall in Love

2016 1h 3m JA

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7.5

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★7.5TMDB · 141★6IMDB · 598

DramaAnimationRomanceComedy

Synopsis

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Following Natsuki Enomoto's confession rehearsals with Yuu Setoguchi, their younger siblings Kotarou and Hina struggle to confess their own love. Despite a disastrous first meeting in middle school with her upperclassman Koyuki Ayase, Hina’s heart is captured by his warm smile. Initially confused by these newfound feelings, Hina soon realizes that she has fallen in love for the very first time. Chasing after her brother Yuu and her crush Koyuki, Hina also enrolls in Sakuragaoka High School; but the threads of love are far-reaching, and they entangle Hina and her friends. Boisterous but sensitive, Hina hopes to confess her feelings to the tender-hearted Koyuki. Meanwhile, Kotarou, oblivious to his own feelings for her, is determined to always keep Hina smiling. This movie follows Hina, Kotarou, and Koyuki in high school. Their youthful love forges new relationships, but also threatens to break others.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Tsubasa Yonaga
Ayase Koyuki (voice)
Natsuki Hanae
Enomoto Kotarou (voice)
Momo Asakura
Setoguchi Hina (voice)
Aki Toyosaki
Aida Miou (voice)
Haruka Tomatsu
Enomoto Natsuki (voice)
Kana Asumi
Hayasaka Akari (voice)
Yuki Kaji
Mochizuki Souta (voice)
Sora Amamiya
Narumi Sena (voice)

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Tetsuya Yanagisawa
Writers: Yoshimi Narita, Hideki Okamoto, Naoyoshi Kusaka
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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RUNTIME

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Tight 63-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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ERA

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Released 10 years ago.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "Confession Executive Committee (Series)" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Tetsuya Yanagisawa, shot by Yoshihiro Sekiya. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Aya Hida shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Tsubasa Yonaga and Natsuki Hanae and Momo Asakura carry the top of the cast.

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7 / 7

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt6327570 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Tetsuya Yanagisawa directs. Yoshihiro Sekiya behind the camera. Aya Hida cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Tight 63-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
2Released 10 years ago.
3Part of the "Confession Executive Committee (Series)" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Directed by Tetsuya Yanagisawa, shot by Yoshihiro Sekiya. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Editor Aya Hida shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Tsubasa Yonaga and Natsuki Hanae and Momo Asakura carry the top of the cast.
7IMDB entry: tt6327570 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Classified under 8 themes, including "affectation", "sequel", "school", "anime".

The technical file

Cinematography: Yoshihiro Sekiya
Editing: Aya Hida
Runtime: 63 min · 1h 3m
Status: Released
Original language: JA
IMDB: The Moment You Fall in Love (2016)
IMDB rating: 6/10 · 598 votes

Awards

1 nomination

Part of

Confession Executive Committee (Series)

Also by

Tetsuya Yanagisawa

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What people are saying

Jagx2025-11-19
★ 9/10
Hina, from her lens you can see it all. Most show standard 2 way love 1 couple at a time. While exploring the whole you can really get to know the message the film shows us. Bare in mind to watch the other movie as well the short series 6eps. And leave this for the ending. True love had always existed

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