Picking Up Flowers

Picking Up Flowers

Part of Youth H

2011•1h 30m

DramaRomanceMystery

The fifth film in the second season of the "Seishun H" series, in which up-and-coming filmmakers exhibit their originality through themes of youth and sex. Director Sato Toshiki is known as one of the masters of the erotic "pink film" genre. Asako (Wada Misa) works at a small factory. She is still troubled by her dark past, living every day thinking of nothing but dying. Wishing that someone somewhere would take her life, she takes an interest in her colleague Tamiya Kenta (Yoshioka Mutsuo) whose memory only lasts a day, ever since the death of his wife.

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Production

Art Port, Tokyo Raiders

Language

JA

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Misa Wada

Misa Wada

Uchimura Asako

Mutsuo Yoshioka

Mutsuo Yoshioka

Tamiya Kenta

Ayano Kojima

Kobayashi Megumi

Takeshi Itō

Takeshi Itō

Hotaru Hazuki

Hotaru Hazuki

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