The release date for The Last Blossom (HOUSENKA), produced by CLAP Animation Studio, has been officially set for October 10 in Japan. Alongside this announcement, the studio unveiled a new trailer, the main visual, and additional cast members. The trailer also offers a first listen to the film’s opening theme, “Moving Still Life” performed by the band cero.
Anime Limited and Plaion Pictures have acquired the rights to The Last Blossom (HOUSENKA) for the UK & Ireland, France, Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. The film will be released theatrically in these regions, followed by a home video release.
Official Trailer:
Main Visual:
ADDITIONAL CAST:
Hideaki Murata as Hayashida
Hiroki Yasumoto as Tsutsumi
Sōma Saitō as Wakamatsu
Kōta Nakayama as Konishi
CAST:
Kaoru Kobayashi plays Minoru Akutsu (present day)
Junki Tozuka plays Minoru Akutsu (past)
Yoshiko Miyazaki voices Nana Nagata (present day)
Hikari Mitsushima voices Nana Nagata (past)
Pierre Taki voices the talking Housenka flower
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
The film was showcased in the Feature Film Competition at this year’s Annecy International Animation Film Festival, following its inclusion in last year’s Work in Progress selection at the same event.
SYNOPSIS:
“What a pathetic life it’s been”
An elderly inmate serving a life sentence awaits a lonely death in his solitary cell—until a voice calls out to him. It belongs to a balsam flower, Housenka, that speaks like a human. Through their “conversation,” the old man begins to reflect on the life he’s led.
Source: Comic Natalie
©Kazuya Konomoto /The Last Blossom Production Committee
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