Flowers in the Shadow
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
Runtime:
129 minutes
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Produced by:
TOHO Nippon Television Network Corporation Gentosha J Storm Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation OHTA PRODUCTION Nippan Group Holdings Hakuhodo DY Media Partners
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Starring:
Junichi Okada
as Shinya
Aoi Miyazaki
as Hisako / Naruko
Atsushi Ito
as Raita
Aya Hirayama
as Miyako
Tamaki Ogawa
as Jupiter
Takashi Tsukamoto
as Yusuke
Toshiyuki Nishida
as Moses
Tomokazu Miura
as Ryokutaro
Ryuji Yamamoto
Masashi Suwa
Masahiro Toda
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Takaaki Kuwashiro
Mansaku Ikeuchi
Shoichiro Masumoto
Manabu Hamada
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Tomoko Ikuta
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Natsume Sano