Her Love Boils Bathwater

Oct 29, 2016

2h 5m

★ 7.4

Overview

After being diagnosed with a terminal illness, Futaba resolves to spend her remaining time reuniting her broken family, reopening the long-closed bathhouse, and helping her shy daughter Azumi learn to stand on her own.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Pipeline

NTT Plala

THE KLOCKWORX

TV Tokyo

Hakuhodo DY Music & Pictures

Hikari TV

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

Rumi Miyata

Nanoka Matsubara

Shuhei Eto

Mr. Aso

Kagetora Miura

Sotaro Tanaka

Mukoda Miyako

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