Hana no Furu Gogo (1989)

Original title

花の降る午後

Directed by

Kazuki Ōmori

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 45m

Rating

8.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A woman runs a French restaurant in Kobe after her husband dies. She learns her husband had a secret child, and must protect her restaurant from criminals while deciding how to embrace that child.

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What happens

Hana no Furu Gogo (Japanese: 花の降る午後, Hepburn: 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. In 1989, the story was adapted into a television drama that aired on NHK General TV, starring Shima Iwashita, Hideaki Nitani, and Toshiyuki Nagashima. That same year, Kadokawa Eiga released a film adaptation of the story, which premiered on October 7, 1989. It features Yūko Kotegawa as Noriko Kai and Junko Sakurada as Misa Araki, both of whom received accolades at the 13th Japan Academy Awards. The film had an early release in the Kansai region on September 15, 1989. Additionally, the Japanese band Carlos Toshiki & Omega Tribe released the single "Hana no Furu Gogo" on September 5, 1989, as a tie-in for the film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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