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Flowers in the Shadow(2008)
Status: Released
Date: 2008-01-26
70%
2 Votes
Time: 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.
Languages: Japanese.
Countries:
Japan
ProductionCompanies: 
OHTA PRODUCTION
Movie: Flowers in the Shadow
Top 10 Billed Cast
岡田准一
Shinya
宮﨑あおい
Hisako / Naruko
伊藤淳史
Raita
平山あや
Miyako
緒川たまき
Jupiter
塚本高史
Yusuke
西田敏行
Moses
三浦友和
Ryokutaro
山本龍二
諏訪雅
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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.
Release Date
2008-01-26
Average
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