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Anime Limited and Plaion Pictures Acquire Upcoming The Last Blossom Film For U.K. and Ireland
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In a press release, Anime Limited and Plaion Pictures announced their acquisition of the upcoming feature film The Last Blossom, directed by Baku Kinoshita and writer Kadzuya Konomoto, for the UK and Ireland, France, Germany, Australia, and Switzerland. Kinoshita and Konomoto previously collaborated on ODDTAXI. The film will be released in these territories in cinemas at first, followed by a home video release.
The release dates are TBC. The film will be released in Autumn in Japan, following a screening at this year's Annecy International Animation Film Festival, in Annecy, France in June.
Anime Limited and Plain Pictures' acquisition is in partnership with Pony Canyon, which recently posted a new teaser trailer and visual for the film, below. The video reveals that the band cero is composing the film's music.
Kaoru Kobayashi and Junki Tozuka both play protagonist Akutsu in both his past and present, respectively. Hikari Mitsushima and Yoshiko Miyazaki similarly voice Akutsu's partner Nana Nagata at different points in her life. Pierre Taki voices the talking Housenka flower.
The Annecy Film Festival describes the film's story:
Autumn 2023. Akutsu, an elderly inmate serving life in prison, is on the verge of a lonely death in his single cell. A talking Housenka 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 Housenkas. 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.
Kinoshita is directing the film, with Konomoto credited for the script and the original concept. CLAP (Pompo: The Cinéphile, The Tunnel to Summer, the Exit of Goodbyes) is in charge of animation production, and Michinoku Toge is credited for concept art.
Kinoshita and Konomoto previously collaborated on the ODDTAXI anime from 2021.
Source: Press release
