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Flowers in the Shadow (2008)

Genre : Comedy, Drama, Romance

Runtime : 2H 9M

Director : Yuichiro Hirakawa
Writer : Arisa Kaneko

Synopsis

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.

Actors

Junichi Okada
Junichi Okada
Shinya
Aoi Miyazaki
Aoi Miyazaki
Hisako / Naruko
Atsushi Ito
Atsushi Ito
Raita
Aya Hirayama
Aya Hirayama
Miyako
Tamaki Ogawa
Tamaki Ogawa
Jupiter
Takashi Tsukamoto
Takashi Tsukamoto
Yusuke
Toshiyuki Nishida
Toshiyuki Nishida
Moses
Tomokazu Miura
Tomokazu Miura
Ryokutaro
Ryuji Yamamoto
Ryuji Yamamoto
Masashi Suwa
Masashi Suwa
Masahiro Toda
Masahiro Toda
Takaaki Kuwashiro
Takaaki Kuwashiro
Mansaku Ikeuchi
Mansaku Ikeuchi
Shôichirô Masumoto
Shôichirô Masumoto
Manabu Hamada
Manabu Hamada
Tomoko Ikuta
Tomoko Ikuta
Natsume Sano
Natsume Sano

Crews

Yuichiro Hirakawa
Yuichiro Hirakawa
Director
Gekidan Hitori
Gekidan Hitori
Novel
Arisa Kaneko
Arisa Kaneko
Screenplay
Yuka Higuchi
Yuka Higuchi
Producer
Genki Kawamura
Genki Kawamura
Producer
Takahiro Sato
Takahiro Sato
Producer
Kôichi Nakayama
Kôichi Nakayama
Director of Photography

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