Her Love Boils Bathwater

Her Love Boils Bathwater

2016•2h 5m•7.4/10

Drama

Ratings

🎬TMDb

7.4/10(62)

After being diagnosed with a terminal illness, Futaba resolves to spend her remaining time reuniting her broken family, reopening the long-closed bathhouse, and helping her shy daughter Azumi learn to stand on her own.

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Production

Pipeline, NTT Plala, THE KLOCKWORX, TV Tokyo, Hakuhodo DY Music & Pictures, Hikari TV

Language

JA

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Rie Miyazawa

Rie Miyazawa

Futaba Kono

Hana Sugisaki

Hana Sugisaki

Azumi Kono

Joe Odagiri

Joe Odagiri

Kazuhiro Kono

Tori Matsuzaka

Tori Matsuzaka

Takumi Mukai

Aoi Ito

Aoi Ito

Ayuko Katase

Yukiko Shinohara

Yukiko Shinohara

Kimie Sakamaki

Taro Suruga

Taro Suruga

Takimoto

Nanoka Matsubara

Rumi Miyata

Shuhei Eto

Kagetora Miura

Mr. Aso

Sotaro Tanaka

Sotaro Tanaka

Lily

Lily

Mukoda Miyako

Iku Arai

Hiroshi Suzuki

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