We Were There: First Love
2012 2h 3m movie Film Japan

We Were There: First Love

僕等がいた 前篇

Synopsis

僕等がいた 前篇

We Were There follows the 10 year romance between Motoharu Yano & Nanami Takahashi. During their high school days, Motoharu Yano was the most popular boy in school, but can't get over the death of his girlfriend from a car crash. Nanami Takahashi falls in love with Motoharu Yano and must deal with his inability to let go of the past.

The 2011–2013 Japan Window

482 Japan films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. We Were There: First Love sits at position #44.

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    #1

    Solitary Gourmet

    ★ 9.0 · 2012

  2. Carnival Phantasm
    #2

    Carnival Phantasm

    ★ 8.9 · 2011

  3. Attack on Titan
    #3

    Attack on Titan

    ★ 8.7 · 2013

  4. High School D×D
    #4

    High School D×D

    ★ 8.6 · 2012

  5. Hunter x Hunter
    #5

    Hunter x Hunter

    ★ 8.6 · 2011

  6. Kamisama Kiss
    #6

    Kamisama Kiss

    ★ 8.6 · 2012

  7. Golden Time
    #7

    Golden Time

    ★ 8.6 · 2013

  8. Magi
    #8

    Magi

    ★ 8.6 · 2012

Titles With Overlapping Themes

Films and series that share thematic tags with We Were There: First Love. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.

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The 2010s Japan Landscape

Catalog density by release year in the 2010s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when We Were There: First Love premiered. 1769 total titles in this decade from Japan.

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Reception Benchmarks

8.1
TMDB Rating
19
Audience Reviews
Outstanding
Critical Tier

Ranked #508 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (89th percentile by TMDB audience score).

Rating is +1.2 points above the Japan average of 6.9/10.

Among Japan Romance productions specifically: #15 of 406 (top 4%).

Production Details

Primary Country Japan
Original Language Japanese
Production Companies TOHO
Runtime 2h 3m
Release Date March 17, 2012
IMDb tt1866931

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