Japan Synopsis
今日、恋をはじめます
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…
The 2011–2013 Japan Window
482 Japan films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. Love for Beginners sits at position #186.
Other Titles From FINE Entertainment
The 2010s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year in the 2010s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Love for Beginners premiered. 1769 total titles in this decade from Japan.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #1,791 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (61st percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.3 points above the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Romance productions specifically: #136 of 406 (top 33%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | FINE Entertainment |
| Runtime | 2h 1m |
| Release Date | December 6, 2012 |
| IMDb | tt2118667 |