TV-MASynopsis
First Love 初恋 (2022), Season 1 — a nine-episode Japanese drama you can watch online on iFILM. Yae drives a taxi through Sapporo. Harumichi works a quiet desk job. Roughly twenty years of missed life sit between them.
The season runs two timelines side by side: the clumsy, tender early-2000s Hokkaido and the quieter, slightly sadder present. Young Yae once moved to a tiny Tokyo apartment chasing her dreams; teenage Harumichi joined the Air Self-Defense Force. Now something draws them back into contact — tentative texts, accidental meetings, the weight of a promise neither forgot. A second love story between Tsuzuru and Uta mirrors the main one and sharpens it.
Netflix released this as a nine-episode meditation on memory, shot mostly in winter Hokkaido. Slow, deliberate, better experienced than summarized. Stream all episodes of First Love Season 1 online on iFILM.
9 episodes
S1·E1When the Lilacs Bloom
Yae drives through the streets of Sapporo as a taxi driver. Back in her rural hometown, her younger self dreams of becoming a flight attendant.
S1·E2Your Voice
A teenage Yae shyly plans a date with Harumichi. In the present, she receives a sweet gift from a special someone.
S1·E3Napolitan
Back in 2001, Yae moves to a tiny apartment in Tokyo, while Harumichi trains with the Air Defense Force. Tsuzuru can’t seem to take his mind off Uta.
S1·E4Space Oddity
Back in her snowy hometown as a young girl, Yae excitedly opens a package from overseas. In the present, she texts Harumichi during her lunch break.
S1·E5Talk in Sign Language
A teenage Harumichi invites Yae over to his house, where she meets his bubbly family. In the present, Harumichi attempts to explain himself to Tsunemi.
S1·E6The Sixth Sense
A young mom in her lavish home, Yae seems to be living the ideal life. At Northern Lights Building, a barely recovered Harumichi shows up for work.
S1·E7The Order of Dreams
Distracted, Yae misses an exit on the highway and her drunk passenger gets upset. A few years back, Harumichi prepares for his mission to Iraq.
S1·E8The Proust Effect on a Certain Afternoon
Back in rural Hokkaido, the two young lovebirds make a promise to each other on a snowy hilltop. In the present, Tsunemi tries on a wedding dress.
S1·E9Hatsukoi
Early in the morning, a teenage Yae heads to Kitami in order to take a mock exam. In the present, she fondly looks back at old memories.
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