The Last Blossom in UK cinemas on 27th March

Anime Ltd has announced the release of The Last Blossom, a life-affirming crime-drama which marks the directorial feature -film debut of Baku Kinoshita and writer Kazuya Konomoto, following their smash-hit series ODDTAXI, which was named among The New Yorker's Best TV of 2021 and saw Kinoshita win the Best Director prize at the 6th Crunchyroll Awards. 

The film will be shown in the original Japanese with English subtitles from March 27th.

Synopsis:

“What a pathetic life.”

Akutsu, an elderly inmate serving life in prison, is on the verge of a lonely death in his solitary cell. The voice mocking him belongs to a balsam flower with an uncanny ability to talk. Through their ‘conversation,’ Akutsu begins to reflect on his past.

1987, summer. In a town by the sea, down-and-out yakuza Akutsu moves into a shabby apartment found for him by his sworn brother, Tsutsumi. Out in the yard, a balsam flower grows. Akutsu shares his new home with Nana, a woman six years his junior, and her newborn son Kensuke. From their veranda, they watch a massive fireworks display. The three of them live happily, until Akutsu suddenly finds himself in need of a huge sum of money, which leads him to join Tsutsumi in an attempt to rob their own organization’s safe of 300 million yen...

“You gotta hit a dead end to get a chance to turn it around.”

This is the tale of one man’s life, and the ones he loves.

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