Water Flower (2005)
Minako is at the age where her father is more like an alien to her than a person. The situation is exacerbated when he comes home drunk one night and tries to climb on top of her. Minako's mother deserted them for another man when Minako was a child. Now working as a hostess, she has little time for her own six year-old daughter, Yu, Minako's half sister. Both girls are yearning for their mother's love. Minako runs into Yu at a game center in the mall and proposes they take a trip. She changes out of her school uniform and into adult clothes and the pair hops on an overnight bus out of the city.
Director: Yusuke Kinoshita
![]() |
Saki Terashima as Minako Takatsuki |
![]() |
Himawari Ono as Yu Nagahara |
![]() |
Tetsushi Tanaka as Keisuke Takatsuki |
![]() |
Azusa Hibino as Yuriko |
![]() |
Asuka Kurosawa as Shiori Nagahara |
![]() |
Tomi Nakaho as Yumiko Sasaki |
![]() |
Minami Orimoto as Tomoko |
![]() |
Takehito Terui as Ryota Sasaki |
![]() |
Kanji Tsuda as Takashi Nagahara |
![]() |
Saeka Uehara as Kaoru |
![]() |
Nozomi Yasuda as Maki |
| Sound | Hideaki Kinoshita | Original Music Composer |
| Directing | Yusuke Kinoshita | Director |
| Editing | Shinichi Fushima | Editor |
| Sound | Kiyoko Ogino | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Showa Matsumoto | Sound Recordist |
| Production | Mayumi Amano | Producer |
| Lighting | Sosuke Yoshikado | Lighting Technician |
| Art | Tatsuo Ozeki | Production Design |
| Camera | Osame Maruike | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Yusuke Kinoshita | Writer |