Her Love Boils Bathwater

Oct 29, 2016

2h 5m

★ 7.3

Overview

A strict, but caring mother has an awakening when she is told she has cancer and it is terminal. She has a few months. She needs to complete her tasks in that short time frame.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Pipeline

NTT Plala

Her Love Boils Bathwater Trailers

Cast

Futaba Kono

Rie Miyazawa

Azumi Kono

Hana Sugisaki

Kazuhiro Kono

Joe Odagiri

Takumi Mukai

Tori Matsuzaka

Ayuko Katase

Aoi Ito

Kimie Sakamaki

Yukiko Shinohara

Takimoto

Taro Suruga

Mukoda Miyako

Lily

Rumi Miyata

Nanoka Matsubara

Mr. Aso

Kagetora Miura

Shuhei Eto

Sotaro Tanaka

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