Off-Season Flowering
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Off-Season Flowering

8.0 / 10 1973 1h 8mNR Japanese
Drama

Storyline

Debut film from manga artist Seiichi Hayashi. A boy and a girl from the same hometown reunite in the big city and sleep together one night. But, the girl reveals the following day that she is engaged to someone else...

Cast & Crew

JI

Jōji Ichimura

Yoshiharu Ozawa

Lead
TK

Tetsu Kashiwa

Osamu Matsumura

RH

Ruwi Hayama

Reiko Tajima

RN

Ryujin Nagare

Nobuhiro Ikeda

MA

Masami Arisawa

Fumiko Tajima

CS

Chiba Suetomo

Woman in hotel

Shōhei Yamamoto

Shōhei Yamamoto

Man in trench coat

GA

Genpei Akasegawa

Crossdresser

What People Are Saying

4.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Seiichi Hayashi's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
4.0
Every frame feels alive. Off-Season Flowering is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker