Love for Beginners (2012)
Hibino Tsubaki is a young teenage girl with a talent for styling other people's hair. Yet, Tsubaki suffers from low self-esteem and isn't very comfortable styling her own hair. She also has a tendency to dress old-fashioned. She's teased at high school because of this. One day, popular male student Tsubaki Kyota targets Tsubaki for teasing. Tsubaki Kyota holds sway over the entire classroom and is quite a playboy. Inexplicably they fall in love. Meanwhile, Tsubaki Kyota has commitment issues...
Director:
Takeshi Furusawa
Writer:
Taeko Asano
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Emi Takei as Tsubaki Hibino |
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Tori Matsuzaka as Kyouta Tsubaki |
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Fumino Kimura as Nana |
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Sho Aoyagi as Hananoi |
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Kento Yamazaki as Nishiki Hasegawa |
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Yua Shinkawa as Sakura Hibino |
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Rin Takanashi as Arisa Yamauchi |
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Erina Dawkins as Misaki |
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Reiko Fujiwara as Kana |
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Taiko Katono as |
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Saki Takaoka as Kyouka Kanzaki |
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Hatsunori Hasegawa as Shoichiro Hibino |
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Yumi Aso as Setsuko Hibino |
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Hiroaki Murakami as Keita Tsubaki |
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Hirona Yamazaki as |
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Ayane Sakai as |
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Maaya Kondo as |
| Writing | Kanan Minami | Original Story |
| Writing | Taeko Asano | Screenplay |
| Directing | Takeshi Furusawa | Director |
| Sound | Yuka Kashino | Theme Song Performance |
| Sound | Nakajin | Theme Song Performance |
| Visual Effects | Etsushi Sugawara | VFX Supervisor |
| Sound | Daigo Mizoguchi | Music Producer |
| Lighting | Teruhisa Seki | Gaffer |
| Production | Akiko Ikuno | Producer |