Flowers (DVD) (English Subtitled) (Hong Kong Version) DVD Region 3

Japanese ensemble drama Flowers brings together one of the most star-studded lead female cast in contemporary Japanese cinema: Nakama Yukie, Tanaka Rena, Takeuchi Yuko, Aoi Yu, Suzuki Kyoka, and Hirosue Ryoko. The idea for this project came when the six actresses were hired to be in a series of ads for a popular Japanese shampoo, sparking the idea to put all six actresses in a film that touts the ad's theme of showcasing Japanese beauties. The ads' creative director Onuki Takuya, one of the most respected advertising creative directors in Japan, serves as the production supervisor of the film. However, Flowers is far from a shampoo advertisement, as the film, directed by Koizumi Nobuhiro (Midnight Sun), is actually a generations-spanning ensemble film starring the six actresses as Japanese women of different eras facing problems that generations of Japanese women encountered through the last century. To convincingly convey the different eras, Koizumi brilliantly recreates the cinematic style of films from the respective periods, ranging from the black-and-white styles of Ozu Yasujiro to the polished colors of contemporary commercial films. With beautiful images and heartwarming stories, Flowers is an elegant display of the best actresses Japanese cinema has to offer today.

Flowers open in 1936 with the story of Rin (Aoi Yu), an aspiring writer being forced by her overbearing father to marry someone she doesn't love. With little choice, she decides to run away from home. Meanwhile, Kaoru (Takeuchi Yuko) goes out on a day at the seaside with her loving husband in 1964, though the day means more to her than just another day out. In 1969, tough-as-nails Midori (Tanaka Rena) tries to make it in her publishing house job despite her misogynistic co-workers and a slow-working author, though she finds herself at the crossroads when a suitor asks for her hand in marriage. A few years later, Sato (Nakama Yukie) is a woman on the verge of making a life-and-death choice that will change her family forever. The consequences of her choice continues to be felt in 2009, when sisters Kana (Suzuki Kyoka) and Kei (Hirosue Ryoko) reunite at a family funeral.

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Product Title:	Flowers (DVD) (English Subtitled) (Hong Kong Version) 戀戀凡花 (DVD) (中英文字幕) (香港版) 恋恋凡花 (DVD) (中英文字幕) (香港版) FLOWERS　−フラワーズ− Flowers (DVD) (English Subtitled) (Hong Kong Version)
Artist Name(s):	Hirosue Ryoko (Actor) | Nakama Yukie (Actor) | Tanaka Rena (Actor) | Suzuki Kyoka (Actor) | Takeuchi Yuko (Actor) | Aoi Yu (Actor) 廣末涼子 (Actor) | 仲間由紀惠 (Actor) | 田中麗奈 (Actor) | 鈴木京香 (Actor) | 竹內結子 (Actor) | 蒼井優 (Actor) 广末凉子 (Actor) | 仲间由纪惠 (Actor) | 田中丽奈 (Actor) | 铃木京香 (Actor) | 竹内结子 (Actor) | 苍井优 (Actor) 広末涼子 (Actor) | 仲間由紀恵 (Actor) | 田中麗奈 (Actor) | 鈴木京香 (Actor) | 竹内結子 (Actor) | 蒼井優 (Actor) Hirosue Ryoko (Actor) | Nakama Yukie (Actor) | Tanaka Rena (Actor) | Suzuki Kyoka (Actor) | Takeuchi Yuko (Actor) | Aoi Yu (Actor)
Director:	Koizumi Norihiro Koizumi Norihiro Koizumi Norihiro 小泉徳宏 Koizumi Norihiro
Release Date:	2011-04-08
Language:	Japanese
Subtitles:	English, Traditional Chinese
Country of Origin:	Japan
Picture Format:	NTSC What is it?
Aspect Ratio:	1.78 : 1
Widescreen Anamorphic:	Yes
Sound Information:	Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS Digital Surround
Disc Format(s):	DVD
Region Code:	3 - South East Asia (including Hong Kong, S. Korea and Taiwan) What is it?
Rating:	I
Duration:	109 (mins)
Publisher:	Panorama (HK)
Package Weight:	120 (g)
Shipment Unit:	1 What is it?
YesAsia Catalog No.:	1024199775

Director: Ounuki Takuya

FLOWERS is a portrait of six women from three different generation,each living their own journey in their respective periods,spanning decades od dramatic changes in Japan from the 1930's to the present.

Spring 1936.Rin (Yu Aoi)is about to be wed to man she's never met, arranged by her stern father according to traditional custom. As a progressive thinker, Rin harbors doubts about the restrictive life of a woman in her time and runs away on her wedding day...

Summer in the 1960s. Rin has three grown daughters. the eldest, Kaoru (Yuko Takeuchi), tries to recover from the trauma of losing her husband in a car accident. while the second daughters, Midori (Rena Tanaka) is a feminist wavering between her professional career and the prospect of marriage. The youngest, Sato (Yukie Nakama), has a heart condition, and braces for her own death as she prepares to give birth to her second child. The journey of the three women are set against the backdrop of the rapid economic growth of postwar Japan.

It's winter in the present day. Sato's elder daughter, Kana (Kyoka Suzuki),has moved to Tokyo to pursue her dream of beoming a pianist while being pregnant with a man who's just dumped her.The younger daughter,Kei (Ryoko Hirosue), is married with a child, and always wears a smile. There's a reason for her cheerful exuberance, though - she's determined to live with her mother she had never met.

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