Movie: Flowers in the Shadow

Top 10 Billed Cast

Junichi Okada
岡田准一

Shinya

Aoi Miyazaki
宮﨑あおい

Hisako / Naruko

Atsushi Ito
伊藤淳史

Raita

Aya Hirayama
平山あや

Miyako

Tamaki Ogawa
緒川たまき

Jupiter

Takashi Tsukamoto
塚本高史

Yusuke

Toshiyuki Nishida
西田敏行

Moses

Tomokazu Miura
三浦友和

Ryokutaro

Ryuji Yamamoto
山本龍二

Masashi Suwa
諏訪雅

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    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

    7

  • Rating:

    3.5 starts
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  • Languages:

    日本語
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