JFF26 1ST KISS

In its early days, Kanna and Kakeru’s marriage was filled with love. Fifteen years later, the romance has gone cold. The pair sleep in separate rooms, barely speak and argue over the smallest matters. Divorce seems inevitable, until Kakeru is suddenly killed in an accident. Grieving a husband she had almost given up on, Kanna finds herself caught between sorrow and emptiness. Then one evening, she is inexplicably transported to the place where the couple first met, and finds Kakeru looking exactly as he did fifteen years earlier. Somehow, Kanna has travelled back in time to the moment just before their lives intertwined. As the past unfolds before her, Kanna rediscovers the love that first drew her and Kakeru together. She now faces an unthinkable choice: either allow history to repeat itself, with all its joy and heartbreak, or try to change Kakeru’s fate, and risk erasing the life they built together. Written by Cannes award winning screenwriter Yūji SAKAMOTO (Monster), Ayuko TSUKAHARA’s film is elevated by captivating chemistry between the leads Takako MATSU and Hokuto MATSUMURA. Blending fantasy with heartfelt drama, 1ST KISS is a poignant and emotionally rich time-travel romance that asks whether love can ever rewrite the past.