The Last Blossom

The Last Blossom

75 mins | Drama, Crime, Animation | June 9, 2025

Autumn 2023. Akutsu, an elderly inmate serving life in prison, is on the verge of a lonely death in his single cell. A talking Housenka flower says to him, "What a rotten life you had." Akutsu starts reflecting on his past. Summer 1986. Akutsu is living with Nana and her son Kensuke in a shabby apartment with a garden full of Housenkas. It is the tale of a one-night victorious comeback by a dying yakuza, and his family's story told by a flower that blooms in prison.

The Last Blossom

75 mins | Drama, Crime, Animation | June 9, 2025

The Last Blossom
Autumn 2023. Akutsu, an elderly inmate serving life in prison, is on the verge of a lonely death in his single cell. A talking Housenka flower says to him, "What a rotten life you had." Akutsu starts reflecting on his past. Summer 1986. Akutsu is living with Nana and her son Kensuke in a shabby apartment with a garden full of Housenkas. It is the tale of a one-night victorious comeback by a dying yakuza, and his family's story told by a flower that blooms in prison.
Producers CLAP
Original title ホウセンカ
Directors Baku Kinoshita
Writers Kazuya Konomoto

Cast

Kaoru Kobayashi

as Akutsu (1986) (voice)

Junki Tozuka

as Akutsu (2023) (voice)

Hikari Mitsushima

as Nana Nagata (younger) (voice)

Yoshiko Miyazaki

as Nana Nagata (older) (voice)

Pierre Taki

as Housenka (voice)