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Flowers (DVD) (Taiwan Version) DVD Region 3

Hirosue Ryoko (Actor) | Nakama Yukie (Actor) | Tanaka Rena (Actor) | Suzuki Kyoka (Actor)
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Flowers (DVD) (Taiwan Version)

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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) (Taiwan Version) 花戀物語-新世紀佳人 (DVD) (台灣版) 花恋物语-新世纪佳人 (DVD) (台湾版) Flowers (DVD) (Taiwan Version) Flowers (DVD) (Taiwan Version)
Also known as: 戀戀凡花 恋恋凡花
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: 2011-07-13
Language: Japanese
Subtitles: Traditional Chinese
Country of Origin: Japan
Picture Format: NTSC What is it?
Aspect Ratio: 1.85 : 1
Sound Information: Dolby Digital 2.0, Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital
Disc Format(s): DVD
Region Code: 3 - South East Asia (including Hong Kong, S. Korea and Taiwan) What is it?
Duration: 108 (mins)
Publisher: Catchplay
Package Weight: 110 (g)
Shipment Unit: 1 What is it?
YesAsia Catalog No.: 1024610795

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導演: 大貫卓也

　　橫跨昭和至平成年間，三個世代，六位不凡女性精彩而豐富的人生。
　　“在城市景緻快速變換的現代，品味跨越時空、活在當下的日本女性之美。”

　　昭和十一年，生長於封建制度家庭中的宮澤凜（蒼井優 飾）將與未曾謀面的對象結婚，心生不安的她決定在婚禮前離家出走？！二十年後，凜的三個女兒︰（竹內結子 飾）、翠（田中麗奈 飾）與慧（仲間由紀惠 飾）分別歷經失去摯愛、掙扎於職場與婚姻抉擇、延續生命的難題。而在現代日本，慧的音樂家長女奏（鈴木京香 飾）在追逐夢想同時面臨未婚懷孕，次女佳（廣末涼子 飾）則發現母親慧在三十二年前寫給兩個女兒的一封信……
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Average Customer Rating for All Editions of this Product: Customer Review Rated Bad 8 - 8 out of 10 (1)

Kevin Kennedy
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November 17, 2011

This customer review refers to Flowers (DVD) (English Subtitled) (Hong Kong Version)
Overstuffed but lovely Customer Review Rated Bad 8 - 8 out of 10
As I understand it, the six actresses who star in "Flowers" all serve as spokeswomen for a Shiseido shampoo product. A marketing whiz decided that it would be great to cast them all together in a film based upon the theme of women's strength. Presto, we get "Flowers", a cinematic concoction that feels like the result of such a process. Six wonderful actresses may be terrific for an ad campaign, but, unfortunately, there just isn't enough for all of them to do in this movie. Fortunately, the cinematography (and the actresses) are so stunningly gorgeous that you likely will enjoy it anyway.

Rin (Aoi Yu) is a willful daughter set up for an arranged marriage she doesn't want by her headstrong father. Naturally, daddy-daughter sparks fly. Rin has three daughters, Kaoru (Takeuchi Yuko), Midori (Tanaka Rena), and Sato (Nakama Yukie). Kaoru struggles to overcome the untimely death of her husband. Midori must choose between a career she enjoys and the advances of a persistent suitor. Sato faces a fateful decision over whether to go through with a pregnancy that may cost her life. Sato has two daughters, Kana (Suzuki Kyoka) and Kei (Hirosue Ryoko). Kana is facing the drying up of her career as a pianist and an out-of-wedlock pregnancy. Kei bears the burden of knowing that her life caused the loss of her mother.

Each story is potentially engaging, but all are given too little time for full development. The most satisfying of these stories are those involving the third generation daughters, as they simply are given more screen time. The resolution of the story involving Rin, the family matriarch, is handled beautifully. The second generation daughters' stories are trivialized by the short shrift the movie gives them.

As mentioned, the cinematography, which regularly pays tribute to the films of Ozu Yasujiro and Yamada Yoji, is spectacular. I don't think I've ever previously written this about a dramatic film, but "Flowers" definitely is worth watching just to see its astonishing beauty. While the movie would have been improved by eliminating at least a couple of its stories, I am happy to recommend spending these 108 minutes in the company of these fine actresses.
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