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I Give My First Love to You

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2009 · 122 min Drama Romance
7.4 / 10 · TMDB

An empty glass on the windowsill. A letter without a signature. For Takuma and Mayu, childhood ends the summer a terminal diagnosis falls between them. This 2009 Japanese drama charts a bittersweet romance built on a promise: to spend eight years loving someone you know you will lose. As seasons turn, their pact transforms from a burden into a fragile, beautiful truth, testing the limits of devotion and the courage required to live fully in borrowed time.

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Original Title 僕の初恋をキミに捧ぐ
Year 2009
Country Japan
Genre Drama, Romance
Director Takehiko Shinjo
Runtime 122 min.
Rating TMDB: 7.4/10 (115 votes)

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The director builds the story through details—an empty glass, an unsigned letter—lending the narrative a fragile, lyrical quality. The frames are filled with soft light and silence, emphasizing both the tenderness and the impending sense of loss.

This is for viewers prepared for a quiet yet profound immersion into a first love story tinged with melancholy. You'll feel a gentle nostalgia for the promises we make in our youth. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: Takehiko Shinjo

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On a quiet, rainy afternoon, alone or with someone who understands quiet longing.

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