Water Flower

Water Flower

92 mins | Drama | July 14, 2005

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.

Water Flower

92 mins | Drama | July 14, 2005

Water Flower
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.
Producers
Original title 水の花
Directors Yusuke Kinoshita
Writers Yusuke Kinoshita

Cast

Saki Terashima

as Minako Takatsuki

Himawari Ono

as Yu Nagahara

Tetsushi Tanaka

as Keisuke Takatsuki

Azusa Hibino

as Yuriko

Asuka Kurosawa

as Shiori Nagahara

Tomi Nakaho

as Yumiko Sasaki

Minami Orimoto

as Tomoko

Takehito Terui

as Ryota Sasaki

Kanji Tsuda

as Takashi Nagahara

Saeka Uehara

as Kaoru

Nozomi Yasuda

as Maki