Flowers in the Shadow (陰日向に咲く) 16 years old

Flowers in the Shadow

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.

Credits

Flowers in the Shadow Cast

Name Character
Junichi Okada He was 27, now 43 years old as Shinya
Aoi Miyazaki She was 22, now 38 years old as Hisako / Naruko
Atsushi Itō He was 24, now 40 years old as Raita
Takashi Tsukamoto He was 25, now 41 years old as Yusuke
Mansaku Ikeuchi He was 35, now 52 years old
Aya Hirayama She was 24, now 40 years old as Miyako
Manabu Hamada He was 31, now 48 years old
Toshiyuki Nishida He was 60, now 76 years old as Moses
Masahiro Toda He was 39, now 56 years old
Ryûji Yamamoto
Tomokazu Miura He was 55, now 72 years old as Ryokutaro
Shôichirô Masumoto
Tamaki Ogawa She was 97, 82 years old when she died as Jupiter

Flowers in the Shadow Crew

Name Department
Genki Kawamura as Producer. He was 29 (now 45) years old Production
Hitori Gekidan as Novel. He was 30 (now 47) years old Writing
Yuichiro Hirakawa as Director. Directing
Arisa Kaneko as Screenplay. She was 35 (now 51) years old Writing
Flowers in the Shadow poster
Flowers in the Shadow (16 years)

  • Release day: Saturday, January 26, 2008
  • Runtime: 129 minutes