Flowers in the Shadow

Flowers in the Shadow

2008
2h 9m
7.0

7.0/10

2 votes • View on IMDb
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.

Status: Released

Language: JA

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Production Information

Production Companies
TOHO Nippon Television Network Corporation Gentosha J Storm Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation OHTA PRODUCTION Nippan Group Holdings Hakuhodo DY Media Partners
Production Countries
Japan
Spoken Languages
Japanese

Quick Facts

Original Title 陰日向に咲く
Release Date January 26, 2008
Status Released
Language JA
IMDb ID tt1167845

Cast

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

Key Crew

Yuichiro Hirakawa
Director
Arisa Kaneko
Screenplay
Yuka Higuchi
Producer
Genki Kawamura
Producer
Takahiro Sato
Producer
Minami Ichikawa
Executive Producer
Seiji Okuda
Executive Producer
Yasuhiro Tsukada
Executive Producer