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Flowers in the Shadow
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Flowers in the Shadow

Jan 26, 2008
2h 9m
★ 7.0

Overview

Shinya is in debt as a result of his gambling habit. He attempts to defraud an old woman with a bank transfer scam, but the woman reminds him of his late mother and they start to relate to each other. Meanwhile, Shinya meets a girl called Hisako in town, and ends up helping her to find out the whereabouts of an unsuccessful comedian, Raita, whom her mother was in love with in her youth. Shinya's father, Ryutaro, is disowned by his son after his wife's death. When Ryutaro meets a homeless man called Moses, he starts living on the street as well. One day when the old woman dies, Moses comes to the deceased and confesses his past. Subsequently Shinya resumes communicating with his father Ryutaro.

Genres

Comedy
Drama
Romance

Production Companies

TOHO
Nippon Television Network Corporation
Gentosha
J Storm
Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation
OHTA PRODUCTION
Nippan Group Holdings
Hakuhodo DY Media Partners

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Cast

Junichi Okada

Shinya

Junichi Okada

Aoi Miyazaki

Hisako / Naruko

Aoi Miyazaki

Atsushi Ito

Raita

Atsushi Ito

Aya Hirayama

Miyako

Aya Hirayama

Tamaki Ogawa

Jupiter

Tamaki Ogawa

Takashi Tsukamoto

Yusuke

Takashi Tsukamoto

Toshiyuki Nishida

Moses

Toshiyuki Nishida

Tomokazu Miura

Ryokutaro

Tomokazu Miura

Ryuji Yamamoto

Ryuji Yamamoto

Masashi Suwa

Masashi Suwa

Masahiro Toda

Masahiro Toda

Takaaki Kuwashiro

Takaaki Kuwashiro

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