{{Short description|2015 Japanese film by Yukihiko Tsutsumi}} {{tone|date=February 2016}}{{Infobox film | name = Initiation Love | image = Initiation Love poster.jpg | alt = | caption = Poster | native_name = イニシエーション・ラブ<!--(for non-English films: film's name in its native language)--> | director = Yukihiko Tsutsumi | producer = <!-- or: |producers = --> | writer = <!-- or: |writers = --> | screenplay = | story = | based_on = {{based on|Initiation Love|Kurumi Inui}} | starring = Atsuko Maeda<br>Shota Matsuda<br>Fumino Kimura | narrator = <!-- or: |narrators = --> | music = | cinematography = | editing = | studio = Initiation Love Film Partners<br>Nippon Television<br>{{illm|Office Crescendo|ja|オフィスクレッシェンド}} | distributor = Toho | released = {{film date|2015|5|23}} | runtime = 110 minutes | country = Japan | language = Japanese | budget = | gross = {{JPY|1.31 billion}} (Japan)<!--(please use condensed and rounded values, e.g. "£11.6 million" not "£11,586,221")--> }} '''''Initiation Love''''' (Japanese: イニシエーション・ラブ) is a Japanese romance film directed by Yukihiko Tsutsumi. It was released in Japan on May 23, 2015.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=351031|script-title=ja:イニシエーション・ラブ(2015)|accessdate= May 26, 2015|work= allcinema|publisher= Stingray|language= Japanese}}</ref>
The film is based on a novel of the same name by Kurumi Inui.
==Plot==
During the 80s in Japan, a college student named Suzuki falls in love with Mayu, a dental hygienist. But dreams beckon him to Tokyo, forcing their relationship to become a long-distance one. As he develops insecurities in their long distance arrangement, his relationship with Miyako, a colleague, begins blurring the lines of friendship and temptation. Under this strain on their relationship, Mayu and Suzuki begin drifting apart.
==Cast== <!-- cast list per http://ilovetakkun.com/cast.html, other characters considered minor --> *Atsuko Maeda as Mayuko "Mayu" Naruoka<ref name="cast"/> *Kanro Morita as Suzuki from Side A <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cubeinc.co.jp/members/prf/045.html|title=MORITA KANRO Profile|author=|date=|work=Cube Inc.|accessdate=8 April 2016|archive-date=8 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160408031303/http://www.cubeinc.co.jp/members/prf/045.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> *Shota Matsuda as Suzuki<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ntv.co.jp/english/pc/2015/05/6145.html|title=Initiation Love | work=Nippon TV Program Licensing Catalog|author=|date=|accessdate=26 May 2015}}</ref> (also known as Takkun)<!-- 鈴木 --><ref name="cast">{{cite web|url=http://ilovetakkun.com/cast.html|title=映画『イニシエーション・ラブ』|author=|date=|accessdate=26 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150527020243/http://ilovetakkun.com/cast.html|archive-date=27 May 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> *Fumino Kimura as Miyako Ishimaru<ref name="chara">{{cite web|url=http://ilovetakkun.com/chara.html|title=映画『イニシエーション・ラブ』|author=|date=|accessdate=26 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150527015539/http://ilovetakkun.com/chara.html|archive-date=27 May 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> * Takahiro Miura as Kaido<!-- 海藤 --><ref name="chara"/> * Tomoya Maeno<!-- 梵ちゃん --><ref name="chara"/> * Noritake Kinashi as Shizuoka Branch Manager<ref name="chara"/> * Satomi Tezuka as Shiho Ishimaru<ref name="chara"/> * Tsurutaro Kitaoka as Kouki Ishimaru<ref name="chara"/> * Miyabi Matsuura as Natsuko * Ayako Yoshitani as Yuko * Ryô Satô as Madoka
==Reception== As of June 14, 2015, the film had grossed {{JPY|1.05 billion}} at the Japanese box office.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.filmbiz.asia/news/idol-anime-is-surprise-japan-box-office-hit|title= Idol anime is surprise Japan box office hit|author= Kevin Ma|date= June 18, 2015|accessdate= June 18, 2015|work= Film Business Asia|url-status= dead|archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20150618113954/http://www.filmbiz.asia/news/idol-anime-is-surprise-japan-box-office-hit|archivedate= June 18, 2015}}</ref>
On Film Business Asia, Derek Elley gave the film an 8 out of 10 and called it a "well-cast, slickly entertaining '80s rom-com [that] has more than just its Big Twist."<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.filmbiz.asia/reviews/initiation-love|title= Initiation Love|author= Derek Elley|date= June 5, 2015|accessdate= June 5, 2015|work= Film Business Asia}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{Official website|http://ilovetakkun.com/}} {{in lang|ja}} *{{IMDb title|4119590}}
{{Yukihiko Tsutsumi}}
Category:2015 romance films Category:Films directed by Yukihiko Tsutsumi Category:Nippon Television films Category:Films set in the 1980s Category:Films set in Shizuoka Prefecture Category:Toho films Category:2015 Japanese films Category:Japanese romance films
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