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90 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
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Picking Up Flowers
2011 1h 30m JA
DramaRomanceMystery
Synopsis
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The fifth film in the second season of the "Seishun H" series, in which up-and-coming filmmakers exhibit their originality through themes of youth and sex. Director Sato Toshiki is known as one of the masters of the erotic "pink film" genre. Asako (Wada Misa) works at a small factory. She is still troubled by her dark past, living every day thinking of nothing but dying. Wishing that someone somewhere would take her life, she takes an interest in her colleague Tamiya Kenta (Yoshioka Mutsuo) whose memory only lasts a day, ever since the death of his wife.
“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”
Cast
Misa Wada
Uchimura Asako
Mutsuo Yoshioka
Tamiya Kenta
Ayano Kojima
Kobayashi Megumi
Takeshi Itō
Hotaru Hazuki
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Toshiki Satō
- Writers
- Haruka Takenami
- Languages
- Japanese
- Countries
- Japan
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The take
Toshiki Satō directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 190 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
- 2Released 15 years ago.
- 3Part of the "Youth H" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
- 4Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 5Misa Wada and Mutsuo Yoshioka and Ayano Kojima carry the top of the cast.
The technical file
- Runtime
- 90 min · 1h 30m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- JA
Part of
Youth H
Youth H (青春H) is a series of movies created by distinctively original filmmakers on the shared theme of adolescence and love.
Also by
Toshiki Satō
Production companies
Who made it
- AR
Art Port
JP
- TO
Tokyo Raiders
JP
Key crew
- ProducerHideki Onuki
- ProducerKunihiro Okuno
- MusicKentarô Kanayama
Themes & keywords
What it's about, really
- death of wife
Release history · US
When it landed
- Physical2011-09-24· HDV
Also known as
International titles
- 青春H2 花つみJP
- H2 HanatsumiJP
- HanatsumiJP
