Flowers in the Shadow
6.6
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.
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Cast
40 people
Junichi Okada
Shinya
Known for
Tales from Earthsea
From Up on Poppy Hill
Aoi Miyazaki
Hisako / Naruko
Known for
Wolf Children
The Boy and the Beast
Julie K. Fujishima
Yuichiro Hirakawa
Hitori Gekidan
Atsushi Ito
Raita
Known for
Flying Colors
Fish Story
Fumiaki Furuya
Arisa Kaneko
Aya Hirayama
Miyako
Known for
Fighter in the Wind
Gokusen
Atsushi Itô
Raita
Kôichi Nakayama
Yûka Higuchi
Yuichiro Hirakawa Director · Arisa Kaneko Screenplay Gekidan Hitori Author
Worldwide gross $18M · First release January 26, 2008 · Produced in Japan
Box office
Worldwide gross
$17,918,898
Production
TOHO
Production
Nippon Television Network Corporation
Production
Gentosha
Production
J Storm
Production
Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation
Production
OHTA PRODUCTION
Production
Nippan Group Holdings
Production
Hakuhodo DY Media Partners
Production
Japan
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Original title
陰日向に咲く
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · January 26, 2008
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No release date listed for United States.
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