Minako is at the age where her father is more like an alien to her than a person. The situation is exacerbated when he comes home drunk one night and tries to climb on top of her. Minako's mother deserted them for another man when Minako was a child. Now working as a hostess, she has little time for her own six year-old daughter, Yu, Minako's half sister. Both girls are yearning for their mother's love. Minako runs into Yu at a game center in the mall and proposes they take a trip. She changes out of her school uniform and into adult clothes and the pair hops on an overnight bus out of the city.
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Cast
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Saki Terashima
Minako Takatsuki
Also in
Casting Blossoms to the Sky
The Motive
Himawari Ono
Yu Nagahara
Known for
Gamera the Brave
Mayumi Amano
Also in
The Gesuidouz
Shinichi Fushima
Yusuke Kinoshita
Tetsushi Tanaka
Keisuke Takatsuki
Known for
Last Samurai Standing
Dollhouse
Osame Maruike
Kunikatsu Kondo
Azusa Hibino
Yuriko
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Osamu Kurosaka
Hideaki Kinoshita
Asuka Kurosawa
Shiori Nagahara
Known for
A Snake of June
Cold Fish
Yusuke Kinoshita Director · Hideaki Kinoshita Composer Kiyoko Ogino Composer
First release July 14, 2005 · Produced in Japan · Original title 水の花
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Japan
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Original title
水の花
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · July 14, 2005
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Germany
February 1, 2006 · Berlin International Film Festival
Hong Kong SAR China
October 6, 2006 · Premiere · Hong Kong Asian Film Festival
Netherlands
November 4, 2006 · Dejima Japanese Film Festival
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