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…
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Romance + Comedy in Japan
120 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Romance and Comedy genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Love for Beginners itself).
The 2011–2013 Japan Window
Love for Beginners holds position #186 of 482 Japan films in the 2011–2013 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2010s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2010s in Japan, 1769 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Love for Beginners premiered alongside 164 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 164 other Japan films in 2012.
The 2707th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Audience Engagement
39 audience reviews — more than 58% of Japan films in our index.
Review volume (58th percentile) outruns trending popularity (31th) — a durable title with sustained audience attention.
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 |