Netflix Debuts ‘First Love’ Official Trailer

Netflix today revealed the main trailer and key art for its new series ‘First Love’, directed and written by Yuri Kanchiku, starring Hikari Mitsushima and Takeru Satoh, and inspired by songs written and composed by J-Pop sensation Hikaru Utada.

The series tells a spectacular love story that spans over more than 20 years.

• Hikari Mitsushima, Takeru Satoh together with Hikaru Utada’s music,  is a miraculous combination. A cross-generational love story inspired by “First Love”(1999) and “Hatsukoi”(2018), two seminal songs by Hikaru Utada. 
• The other cast includes leading as well as up-and-coming talent from Japan, including Rikako Yagi, Taisei Kido, Kaho, Minami, Akiyoshi Nakao, Araki Towa, Aoi Yamada, Gaku Hamada, Osamu Mukai, Arata Iura and Kyoko Koizumi.

‘First Love’ will premiere globally on Netflix on November 24, 2022.