The Last Blossom (2025)
An elderly inmate serving a life sentence awaits a lonely death in solitary—until a voice calls out to him. It belongs to a balsam flower, Housenka, that speaks like a human. Through their 'conversation', the old man reflects on the life he's led.
Director:
Baku Kinoshita
Writer:
Kazuya Konomoto
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Kaoru Kobayashi as Akutsu (1986) (voice) |
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Junki Tozuka as Akutsu (2023) (voice) |
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Hikari Mitsushima as Nana Nagata (younger) (voice) |
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Yoshiko Miyazaki as Nana Nagata (older) (voice) |
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Pierre Taki as Housenka (voice) |
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Hideaki Murata as Hayashida (voice) |
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Hiroki Yasumoto as Tsutsumi (voice) |
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Soma Saito as Wakamatsu (voice) |
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Kouta Nakayama as Konishi (voice) |
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Natsuki Hanae as Kensuke (voice) |
| Directing | Baku Kinoshita | Director |
| Writing | Kazuya Konomoto | Screenplay |
| Art | Michinoku-Toge | Concept Artist |
| Production | Ryoichiro Matsuo | Producer |
| Sound | Koji Kasamatsu | Sound Director |
| Editing | Yoshiki Ushiroda | Editor |
| Camera | Takumi Hoshina | Director of Photography |
| Art | Ayumi Sato | Art Direction |
| Visual Effects | Yuji Hosogoe | Animation Director |
| Visual Effects | Kazuya Miyoshi | Animation Director |
| Visual Effects | Hidekazu Shimamura | Animation Director |
| Visual Effects | Haruko Nobori | Color Designer |
| Camera | Takahiro Hondai | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Yoji Shimizu | Recording Supervision |
| Sound | cero | Original Music Composer |
| Visual Effects | Hidetsugu Ito | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Fumie Muroi | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Shigeru Kimishima | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Maiko Murase | Key Animation |
| Art | Hidetsugu Ito | Prop Designer |
| Writing | Kazuya Konomoto | Original Story |
| Sound | Yu Arauchi | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Tsubasa Hashimoto | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Shohei Takagi | Original Music Composer |
| Art | Mina Kobayashi | Assistant Director of Photography |
| Visual Effects | Baku Kinoshita | Character Designer |
| Art | Baku Kinoshita | Storyboard Artist |
| Directing | Baku Kinoshita | Second Unit Director |
| Directing | Nana Harada | Second Unit Director |
| Directing | Shintaro Matsui | Second Unit Director |
| Visual Effects | Eiji Tera | Animation Director |
| Visual Effects | Makoto Nagao | Animation Director |
| Visual Effects | Naoko Minai | Animation Director |
| Visual Effects | Shin'ichi Kurita | Animation Director |
| Visual Effects | Eiko Mishima | Animation Director |
| Visual Effects | Ryota Azuma | Animation Director |
| Visual Effects | Ai Ogata | Animation Director |
| Visual Effects | Yoshinori Kanemori | Animation Director |
| Visual Effects | Xiao Junguang | Animation Director |
| Crew | Takuya Tsunoki | Thanks |
| Crew | Norifumi Nakamura | Thanks |
| Crew | Minosuke Kanazawa | Thanks |
| Art | Makoto Nagao | Prop Designer |
| Art | Maiko Murase | Prop Designer |
| Crew | Shigetaka Mochizuki | Thanks |
| Production | Eriko Matsuo | Production Assistant |
| Production | Makoto Kinoshita | Production Assistant |
| Production | Sadakazu Kikuchi | Executive Producer |
| Production | Daisuke Hiraga | Executive Producer |
| Production | Hirofumi Ito | Executive Producer |
| Production | Hirofumi Ito | Producer |
| Production | Sho Tanaka | Executive Producer |
| Production | Ryoichiro Matsuo | Executive Producer |
| Production | Tomoki Ueda | Producer |
| Production | Minami Fukushima | Producer |
| Production | Maki Kambe | Producer |
| Production | Kousuke Arai | Producer |
| Crew | Shintaro Maruyama | Thanks |
| Crew | Fuuta Takei | Thanks |
| Crew | Togo Matsuya | Thanks |
| Crew | Yuta Kato | Thanks |
| Crew | Yuya Machida | Thanks |
| Crew | Hiroki Nagao | Thanks |
| Production | Misato Ikuno | Production Assistant |
| Production | Haruki Furusawa | Production Assistant |
| Production | Minori Takigawa | Production Assistant |
| Visual Effects | Makoto Nagao | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Toshiyuki Sato | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Hikari Kukimoto | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Seiichi Akitake | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Tamaki Ishii | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Yusuke Adachi | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Kohei Hirasawa | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Akiko Seki | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Kokonoka | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Satoshi Shimada | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Ayako Kakiuchi | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Reiko Okamura | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Yui Yokoyama | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Hiroyuki Taiga | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Masaki Hinata | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Atsushi Yano | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Hiroto Nishizawa | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Kota Mori | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Naomi Okita | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Takayoshi Hayashi | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Kim Kyung-eun | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Mao Qi | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Da Zhangyi | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Hideki Inoue | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Ai Natori | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Kumiko Kawana | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Shin'ichi Kurita | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Eiko Mishima | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Eiji Tera | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Baku Kinoshita | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Chai Chenzhong | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Yuan Dong | Key Animation |
| Editing | Junichi Arai | Online Editor |
| Art | Michinoku-Toge | Art Designer |
| Art | Baku Kinoshita | Art Designer |
| Art | Ayumi Sato | Background Designer |
| Art | Chisato Nishikawa | Background Designer |
| Visual Effects | Ryo Ito | Compositing Artist |
| Visual Effects | Shota Yoshida | Compositing Artist |
| Visual Effects | Kazuki Ishizaka | Compositing Artist |
| Visual Effects | Toshikazu Hisano | Compositing Artist |
| Visual Effects | Tsubasa Takagi | Compositing Artist |
| Crew | Mina Kobayashi | Special Effects |
| Visual Effects | Kentaro Sasaki | CGI Director |
| Visual Effects | Suguru Shiga | 2D Artist |
| Visual Effects | Amir Amsyar Bin Anuar | Compositing Artist |
| Crew | Takumi Hoshina | Special Effects |
| Crew | Takahiro Hondai | Special Effects |
| Production | Toshie Tabata | Casting |
| Production | Yoko Yamashita | Casting |
| Sound | Yoshifumi Yarimizu | Music Producer |
| Production | Rui Fujita | Production Manager |
