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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.
DVD Edition comes with interviews with the six lead actresses, as well as various promotional materials.
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| Product Title: | Flowers (DVD) (Japan Version) 戀戀凡花 (DVD) (日本版) 恋恋凡花 (DVD) (日本版) FLOWERS −フラワーズ− Flowers (DVD) (Japan Version) |
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| Artist Name(s): | Hirosue Ryoko | Nakama Yukie | Tanaka Rena | Suzuki Kyoka | Takeuchi Yuko | Osawa Takao | Aoi Yu | Inohara Yoshihiko | Mano Kyoko | Nagato Hiroyuki | Shiomi Sansei | Hirata Mitsuru | Komoto Junichi | Suruga Taro | Miura Takahiro 廣末涼子 | 仲間由紀惠 | 田中麗奈 | 鈴木京香 | 竹內結子 | 大澤隆夫 | 蒼井優 | 井之原快彥 | 真野響子 | 長門 裕之 | 鹽見三省 | 平田滿 | 河本準一 | 駿河太郎 | 三浦貴大 广末凉子 | 仲间由纪惠 | 田中丽奈 | 铃木京香 | 竹内结子 | 大泽隆夫 | 苍井优 | 井之原快彦 | Mano Kyoko | 长门裕之 | 盐见叁省 | 平田满 | 河本准一 | 骏河太郎 | 三浦贵大 広末涼子 | 仲間由紀恵 | 田中麗奈 | 鈴木京香 | 竹内結子 | 大沢たかお | 蒼井優 | 井ノ原快彦 | 真野響子 | 長門裕之 | 塩見三省 | 平田満 | 河本準一 | 駿河太郎 | 三浦貴大 Hirosue Ryoko | Nakama Yukie | Tanaka Rena | Suzuki Kyoka | Takeuchi Yuko | Osawa Takao | 아오이 유우 | Inohara Yoshihiko | Mano Kyoko | Nagato Hiroyuki | Shiomi Sansei | Hirata Mitsuru | Komoto Junichi | Suruga Taro | Miura Takahiro |
| Director: | Koizumi Norihiro 小泉德宏 小泉德宏 小泉徳宏 Koizumi Norihiro |
| Release Date: | 2011-02-18 |
| Publisher Product Code: | SDV-21001D |
| Language: | Japanese |
| Subtitles: | Japanese |
| Place of Origin: | Japan |
| Picture Format: | NTSC What is it? |
| Disc Format(s): | DVD |
| Region Code: | 2 - Japan, Europe, South Africa, Greenland and the Middle East (including Egypt) What is it? |
| Publisher: | Xiao Xue Guan |
| Other Information: | DVD |
| Shipment Unit: | 1 What is it? |
| YesAsia Catalog No.: | 1023752405 |
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昭和１１年・春。親同士が決めた結婚に悩み続ける凛。女学校を出て進歩的な考えを持つ凛は、式当日遂に家を飛び出してしまう。昭和３０年代・夏。凛の娘たち、長女・薫、次女・翠、三女・慧。彼らはそれぞれに事情を抱えながらも、高度経済成長を遂げる日本で大人としての一歩をそれぞれに歩み始める。現在・冬。慧の長女である奏と次女の佳。夢にも恋愛にも挫折し一人苦しむ奏と、あくまでも前向きに生きようとする佳。凛が花嫁姿で走り出した昭和１１年から、奏が決意する平成の現代まで、前向きに芯のある凛とした日本女性たちの美しさの瞬間瞬間を、三代にわたる６人の女性たちの大河ドラマとして描き出す。 映像特典:６大女優インタビュー集（豪華６大女優が、本作の魅力を語る）／ＴＶスポット集／特報／予告編
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Overstuffed but lovely
Overstuffed but lovely
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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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