Summer Blooms

May 12, 2018

1h 33m

★ 6.5

Her secret

Overview

27-year-old Hatsumi Takimoto is a former teacher and now waitress. She holds a secret. Three years after her boyfriend died, she receives a letter from him. After meeting a former student, Hatsumi Takimoto confesses about her past.

Genres

Drama

Romance

Production Companies

WIT STUDIO

Tokyo New Cinema

Summer Blooms Trailers

Cast

Hatsumi Takimoto

Aki Asakura

Totaro Shiguma

Takahiro Miura

Kaede Muramatsu

Yuriko Kawasaki

Tomoko Sakaguchi

Fumiko Aoyagi

Kohji Moritsugu

Yukio Kazama

Kotaro Shiga

Touko Kazama

Keiko Takahashi

Shinobu Toda

Yumiko Takahashi

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