FLOWERS IN THE SHADOW (2008)

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Flowers in the Shadow
Comedy, Drama, Romance
January 26, 2008
Japanese
2h 9m
Japan
TOHO
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.
Cast & Characters
Junichi Okada
Shinya
Aoi Miyazaki
Hisako / Naruko
Atsushi Ito
Raita
Aya Hirayama
Miyako
Tamaki Ogawa
Jupiter
Takashi Tsukamoto
Yusuke
Toshiyuki Nishida
Moses
Tomokazu Miura
Ryokutaro
Crew
Yuichiro Hirakawa
Director
Gekidan Hitori
Novel
Arisa Kaneko
Screenplay
Kôichi Nakayama
Director of Photography
Yuka Higuchi
Producer
Genki Kawamura
Producer
Takahiro Sato
Producer