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The Last Blossom (movie)

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Alternative title:
Housenka (Japanese)
ホウセンカ (Japanese)
Plot Summary: Autumn 2023. Akutsu, an elderly inmate serving life in prison, is on the verge of a lonely death in his single cell. A talking Hōsenka flower says to him, "What a rotten life you had." Akutsu starts reflecting on his past. Summer 1986. Akutsu is living with Nana and her son Kensuke in a shabby apartment with a garden full of Hōsenka. It is the tale of a one-night victorious comeback by a dying yakuza, and his family's story told by a flower that blooms in prison.
Vintage: 2024-06-12
Premiere date:
2024-06-12 (screened at Annecy as a "work in progress")
2025-06-09 (completed film screened at Annecy)
2025-10-10 (Japan)
Official website:
映画『ホウセンカ』 (Japanese)
Review:
The Last Blossom Anime Film Review (Jun 10, 2025)
News: Show:
The Last Blossom, Odd Taxi Director Will Attend Manchester Animation Festival on November 12 (Sep 24, 2025)
Scotland Loves Anime Edinburgh Screening Times Confirmed, Tickets Available (Sep 24, 2025)
The Last Blossom Film's 1st 7 Minutes Posted (Sep 18, 2025)
Scotland Loves Anime London Screening Times Confirmed, Tickets Available (Sep 18, 2025)
Scotland Loves Anime Glasgow Screening Times Confirmed (Sep 16, 2025)
Scotland Loves Anime Screenings Confirmed For Glasgow, London and Edinburgh (Sep 10, 2025)
The Last Blossom Film Reveals More Cast, Staff, Opening Song in Trailer Video (Jul 7, 2025)
The Last Blossom Anime Film Opens in Japan on October 10 (Jul 4, 2025)
Anime Limited Announces New Titles at MCM Comic Con London (Updated) (May 24, 2025)
Anime Limited and Plaion Pictures Acquire Upcoming The Last Blossom Film For U.K. and Ireland (Apr 28, 2025)
The Last Blossom Anime Film's Teaser Reveals Cast, Composers, Fall Debut (Apr 23, 2025)
Annecy Reveals ODDTAXI Duo's New Housenka Film (May 24, 2024)
Convention report:
Baku Kinoshita's The Last Blossom Gives Plants a Voice (Jul 6, 2025)
Interviews:
ODDTAXI's Baku Kinoshita Wants to Take His Time in The Last Blossom (Jun 27, 2025)
ODDTAXI's Baku Kinoshita On His New Film, Housenka (Sep 6, 2024)
Press Release:
Pony Canyon to Exhibit at Anime Expo 2025 (Jul 1, 2025)
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Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Baku Kinoshita
Screenplay: Kazuya Konomoto
Unit Director:
Baku Kinoshita
Nana Harada
Music:
cero
Shōhei Takagi
Tsubasa Hashimoto
Yū Arauchi
Original creator: Kazuya Konomoto
Character Design: Baku Kinoshita
Art Director: Ayumi Satō
Animation Director:
Kazuya Miyoshi
Shuichi Shimamura
Yuji Hosogoe
Sound Director: Kōji Kasamatsu
Director of Photography:
Takahiro Hondai
Takumi Hoshina

Color design: Haruko Nobori
Concept Art: Michinoku-Toge
Editing: Yoshiki Ushiroda
Layout Animation Director: Eiji Tera
Production producer:
Kinue Itō
Ryoichiro Matsuo
Recording Director: Yōji Shimizu
Theme Song Performance: cero (OP)
Junki Tozuka as Akutsu (2023)
Kaoru Kobayashi as Akutsu (1986)
Pierre Taki as Hōsenka Flower

Hideaki Murata as Hayashida
Hikari Mitsushima as Nana Nagata (younger)
Hiroki Yasumoto as Tsutsumi
Kōta Nakayama as Konishi
Sōma Saitō as Wakamatsu
Yoshiko Miyazaki as Nana Nagata (older)
Japanese companies
Animation Production: CLAP
Distributor: Pony Canyon
Planning: CLAP
Publicity: Miracle Voice
English staff
English companies
(none)
Licensed by: Anime Limited (UK & Ireland)
English cast
(none)

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