I Give My First Love to You (2009)

Cast

Mao Inoue

Mayu Taneda

Masaki Okada

Takuma Kakunouchi

Tetta Sugimoto

Minoru Kakinouchi

Yōko Moriguchi

Ryoko Kakinouchi

Yoshihiko Hosoda

Kou Suzuya

Natsuki Harada

Teru Uehara

Toru Nakamura

Dr. Takahito Taneda

Yuki Terada

Yuiko Tamura

Masataka Kubota

Ritsu Sugiyama

Keiko Horiuchi

Yoshimi Suzuya

About I Give My First Love to You

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.

Popularity

2.0

Release

Oct 24, 2009

Genres

Drama, Romance

Director: Takehiko Shinjo

Writer: Kenji Bando

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Reviews (1)

Alunauwie

Jan 31, 2026

7.0

I Give My First Love to You follows a romance shaped by the certainty of loss, where love is never free from the shadow of time. Growing up together, Mayu and Takuma struggle between holding on and letting go, as fear of an inevitable goodbye quietly defines their choices. Despite its narrative flaws, the film delivers an emotional reminder that loving fully—while there is still time—is an act of quiet courage. Read the full review here: (Indonesian version : alunauwie.com) and (English version : uwiepuspita.com)

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