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.
Comedy
Drama
Romance
7.0
2 reviewsRuntime: 129 min.
Budget: N/A
Revenue: N/A
Release Date: 2008-01-26
Director(s): Yuichiro Hirakawa
Production: TOHO, Nippon Television Network Corporation, Gentosha, J Storm, Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation, OHTA PRODUCTION, Nippan Group Holdings, Hakuhodo DY Media Partners
Languages: Japanese
IMDB: tt1167845
