

I Give My First Love to You
2009-10-24 · 122 min · ★ 7.4
Takuma knows that his life is shorter than the others and he feels that his demise is getting near. He chose to stay away from the girl that he loves so that she can easily move on. What he didn't know is that he is under-estimating her.
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- Directors
- Takehiko Shinjo
- Production companies
- D.N. Dream Partners, Nippon Television Network Corporation, Pivot Plus Music (PPM), Shogakukan, PPM, TOHO, Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation, VAP, Tokyo FM, Toho Pictures
- Countries
- Japan
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Mao InoueMayu Taneda
Masaki OkadaTakuma Kakunouchi
Tetta SugimotoMinoru Kakinouchi
Yōko MoriguchiRyoko Kakinouchi
Yoshihiko HosodaKou Suzuya
Natsuki HaradaTeru Uehara
Toru NakamuraDr. Takahito Taneda
Yuki TeradaYuiko Tamura
Masataka KubotaRitsu Sugiyama
Keiko HoriuchiYoshimi Suzuya
Gaku YamamotoRyujo Suzuya
Kaito KobayashiYoung Takuma Kakunouchi
Sea KumadaYoung Mayu Taneda
Ryunosuke SuzukiSudo
Toshi TakeuchiStudent
Mari OkamotoHigh School Student
Kotaro ShigaEnglish Teacher
Yuji AbeTeacher Ito
Yuki Torigoe
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