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Love for Beginners
Why this pick
Like High School Debut, it turns an inexperienced girl’s self-reinvention into a bright, playful romance with a teasingly aloof schoolmate and escalating feelings.
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MOVIE2011 1h 33m JPN
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
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Why this pick
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Why this pick
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Say 'I Love You'
Why this pick
It similarly lets romance draw a guarded, inexperienced student into new social confidence, balancing school-life comedy with an appealingly protective central relationship.
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
Haruna Nagashima devoted herself to softball while in middle school. Now that she is in high school, Haruna believes it's time to find a boyfriend. Through a fortuitous event, Haruna encounters popular upperclassman Yo Komiyama. Haruna then asks him to teach her how to become attractive to boys. Yo agrees but with one catch: she can't fall in love with him.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Junpei Mizobata
Yo Komiyama
Ito Ono
Haruna Nagashima
Masaki Suda
Fumiya Tamura
Rina Aizawa
Asami Komiyama
Yuki Furukawa
Yui Asaoka
Sae Miyazawa
Mami Takahashi
Rei Okamoto
Makoto Kurihara
Yuka Masuda
Reona Matsuzaka