Flowers in the Shadow (2008)

  • NR
  • 01/26/2008 (JP)
  • Comedy, Drama, Romance
  • 2h 9m

Overview

Shinya is in debt as a result of his gambling habit. He attempts to defraud an old woman with a bank transfer scam, but the woman reminds him of his late mother and they start to relate to each other. Meanwhile, Shinya meets a girl called Hisako in town, and ends up helping her to find out the whereabouts of an unsuccessful comedian, Raita, whom her mother was in love with in her youth. Shinya's father, Ryutaro, is disowned by his son after his wife's death. When Ryutaro meets a homeless man called Moses, he starts living on the street as well. One day when the old woman dies, Moses comes to the deceased and confesses his past. Subsequently Shinya resumes communicating with his father Ryutaro.

Yuichiro Hirakawa

Director

Gekidan Hitori

Novel

Arisa Kaneko

Screenplay

Cast

Junichi Okada's headshot

Junichi Okada

Shinya
Aoi Miyazaki's headshot

Aoi Miyazaki

Hisako / Naruko
Atsushi Ito's headshot

Atsushi Ito

Raita
Aya Hirayama's headshot

Aya Hirayama

Miyako
Tamaki Ogawa's headshot

Tamaki Ogawa

Jupiter
Takashi Tsukamoto's headshot

Takashi Tsukamoto

Yusuke
Toshiyuki Nishida's headshot

Toshiyuki Nishida

Moses
Tomokazu Miura's headshot

Tomokazu Miura

Ryokutaro

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