Drama · Japan · 2016 · 2h 5m

Her Love Boils Bathwater

湯を沸かすほどの熱い愛

Her Love Boils Bathwater poster
Director
Ryota Nakano
Cast
Rie Miyazawa as Futaba Kono Hana Sugisaki as Azumi Kono Joe Odagiri as Kazuhiro Kono Tori Matsuzaka as Takumi Mukai Aoi Ito as Ayuko Katase Yukiko Shinohara as Kimie Sakamaki
Crew
Yoshihiro Ikeuchi — Director of Photography Masahide Kôra — Editor Takashi Watanabe — Original Music Composer Ryota Nakano — Screenplay Kazumi Fukase — Producer Yusuke Wakabayashi — Producer
Synopsis

After being diagnosed with a terminal illness, Futaba resolves to spend her remaining time reuniting her broken family, reopening the long-closed bathhouse, and helping her shy daughter Azumi learn to stand on her own.

Trailer Her Love Boils Bathwater — Official Trailer
Official Trailer youtube.com
Mood & Themes
japanhusband wife relationshipbath housedeafbullyingterminal illnesssmall businessfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshipabsent fathersentō
Key Collaborators
Ryota Nakano Director Yoshihiro Ikeuchi Director of Photography Masahide Kôra Editor Takashi Watanabe Original Music Composer Ryota Nakano Screenplay Kazumi Fukase Producer Yusuke Wakabayashi Producer
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