Afternoon When Flowers Fell (1989)
花の降る午後
A widowed restaurateur is faced with scandal after discovering her late husband had a child out of wedlock. Hearing that two criminals had attempted to take over the restaurant from her late husband, she hires her late husband's best friend, a private detective, to investigate.
- Date of release
- 1989-10-07
- TMDB
- 8.0 / 10 (1)
- Runtime
- 1h 45m
- Director
- Kazuki Ōmori
Casting
- Yuko Kotegawa — Noriko Kai
- Junko Sakurada — Misa Araki
- Masahiro Takashima
- Shigeru Muroi
- Akiji Kobayashi
- Susumu Kurobe
- Koichi Ueda
- Shunsuke Kariya
- Masato Furuoya
- Miyoko Akaza
- Yūsuke Natsu
- Hiroshi Madoka
Interesting facts
- Based on: Hana no Furu Gogo
Hana no Furu Gogo is a novel by Japanese author Teru Miyamoto. Serialized in local newspapers from 1985 to 1986 and published by Kadokawa Shoten, it follows Noriko Kai as she manages the French restaurant Avignon in Kobe after her husband's death. A painter named Masamichi Takami later discovers a letter revealing Noriko's late husband had a hidden child. As the restaurant faces scandals and threats from a criminal couple, Noriko enlists the help of a private detective and her staff to save Avignon. Noriko later confronts the criminals and embraces her husband's secret child.
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