An alcoholic civil servant wakes up under a cherry tree in Tokyo next to a bar hostess with whom he's impulsively made a suicide pact. Though he's now changed his mind, he agrees to travel with her to Hokkaido, her preferred site for ending it all. An elegiac road movie of restrained emotion. (Source: IMDb) Edit Translation
- English
- magyar / magyar nyelv
- dansk
- Norsk
- Native Title: 風花
- Also Known As: Umbrella Flower , Kaza-hana
- Director: Somai Shinji
- Genres: Drama
Cast & Credits
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![Asano Tadanobu in Kaza Hana Japanese Movie (2000)]( "Asano Tadanobu in Kaza Hana Japanese Movie (2000)")
Asano TadanobuSawakiMain Role -
![Koizumi Kyoko in Kaza Hana Japanese Movie (2000)]( "Koizumi Kyoko in Kaza Hana Japanese Movie (2000)")
Koizumi KyokoYuriko TomitaMain Role -
![Takahashi Choei in Kaza Hana Japanese Movie (2000)]( "Takahashi Choei in Kaza Hana Japanese Movie (2000)")
Takahashi ChoeiYuriko's stepfatherSupport Role -
![Kayama Yoshiko in Kaza Hana Japanese Movie (2000)]( "Kayama Yoshiko in Kaza Hana Japanese Movie (2000)")
Kayama YoshikoYuriko's motherSupport Role -
![Aso Kumiko in Kaza Hana Japanese Movie (2000)]( "Aso Kumiko in Kaza Hana Japanese Movie (2000)")
Aso KumikoMikiSupport Role -
![Emoto Akira in Kaza Hana Japanese Movie (2000)]( "Emoto Akira in Kaza Hana Japanese Movie (2000)")
Emoto AkiraMaster of hot spring hotelSupport Role
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Reviews
This review may contain spoilers
A suicidal road trip taken by a drunken ex-civil servant (Asano Tadanobu) and a depressed bar hostess (Koizumi Kyoko) proves to be threputic and life changing but it takes a while to get there. There is drug taking (sleeping pills, mind you), painful reminiscing and drinking. Lots of drinking. The flashbacks peel back the layers of our characters and what led them to this path, doing it in a backwards manner similar to the structure of insomnia, which only added to the tragic events. Eventually we get a happy ending to the story. A mother changes her life and gets her kid back while a drunk feels satisfied for the first time in a long time without needing the influence of alcohol. I like to think that they eventually would meet up again and become happy together but being happy separately is just as fine an ending as any. Was this review helpful to you?
