The anime film The Last Blossom, directed by Baku Kinoshita, will be released in North America on August 30 and 31. The film originally premiered in Japanese cinemas on October 10, 2025. GKIDS is handling the North American release.
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STAFF:
Production: Baku Kinoshita, Nana Harada
Layout Animation Director: Eiji Tera
Animation Directors: Yuji Hosogoe, Kazuya Miyoshi, Shuichi Shimamura
Color Design: Haruko Nobori
Art Director: Honoka Satō
Compositing Directors of Photography: Kou Hoshina, Takahiro Hondai
Editing: Yoshiki Ushiroda
Sound Director: Kōji Kasamatsu
Recording Director: Yōji Shimizu
Production Producers: Kinue Itou, Ryoichiro Matsuo
Publicity: Miracle Voice
Distribution: Pony Canyon
SYNOPSIS:
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.
Source: Comic Natalie
©Kazuya Konomoto /The Last Blossom Production Committee
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