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Strobe Edge (2015)
Director: Ryuichi Hiroki
Cast: Sota Fukushi, Kasumi Arimura, Yuki Yamada, Yuina Kuroshima
Runtime115 min
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Ninako Kinoshita has never been in love until an encounter with the school's most popular boy, Ren Ichinose, leads the two to befriending each other. Ren's patient and kind personality is a far cry from his unapproachable idol status at school, and soon Ninako falls in love with him. However, she must cope with the fact that he already has a long-time girlfriend.
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Strobe Edge, the 2015 drama romance film directed by Ryuichi Hiroki, has received generally positive reviews from critics. While not widely recognized with major awards, the film has resonated with audiences, earning a solid 7.3/10 rating on IMDb based on over 2,000 user reviews.
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Strobe Edge (2015), directed by Ryuichi Hiroki, offers a poignant and nuanced exploration of young love, blending drama and romance in a way that will resonate with fans of character-driven stories. The film's standout performances, particularly from leads Sota Fukushi and Kasumi Arimura, bring an authentic and relatable quality to the complex relationships at its core.
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Strobe Edge is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Io Sakisaka. It began serialization in 2007 in the shÅjo manga magazine Bessatsu Margaret and ended in 2010. The chapters are collected and bound in tankÅbon format by Shueisha under the Margaret Comics label. The manga is licensed in North America by Viz Media with its first volume released in November 2012. A live-action film adaptation had its theatrical release on March 14, 2015, and a live-action series adaptation was scheduled to premiere on October 31, 2025.
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