CS-MOV-00757588 · NR

The Last Blossom (2025)

ホウセンカ

Released 2025-10-10T00:00:00.000Z · 91 min · ★ 8.1 · Animation, Drama

Languages: Japanese (original), Japanese (spoken)

An elderly inmate serving a life sentence awaits a lonely death in solitary—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 reflects on the life he's led.

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Cast

Kaoru Kobayashi

Akutsu (1986) (voice)

Junki Tozuka

Akutsu (2023) (voice)

Hikari Mitsushima

Nana Nagata (younger) (voice)

Yoshiko Miyazaki

Nana Nagata (older) (voice)

Pierre Taki

Hideaki Murata

Hiroki Yasumoto

Soma Saito

Kouta Nakayama

Natsuki Hanae

Crew

Ayumi Sato	Art	Art Direction
Baku Kinoshita	Directing	Director
Fumie Muroi	Visual Effects	Key Animation
Haruko Nobori	Visual Effects	Color Designer
Hidekazu Shimamura	Visual Effects	Animation Director
Hidetsugu Ito	Visual Effects	Key Animation
Hidetsugu Ito	Art	Prop Designer
Kazuya Konomoto	Writing	Screenplay
Kazuya Konomoto	Writing	Original Story
Kazuya Miyoshi	Visual Effects	Animation Director
Kinue Ito	Production	Producer
Koji Kasamatsu	Sound	Sound Director
Maiko Murase	Visual Effects	Key Animation
Michinoku-Toge	Art	Concept Artist
Ryoichiro Matsuo	Production	Producer
Shigeru Kimishima	Visual Effects	Key Animation
Shohei Takagi	Sound	Music
Takahiro Hondai	Camera	Director of Photography
Takumi Hoshina	Camera	Director of Photography
Tsubasa Hashi	Sound	Music
Yoji Shimizu	Sound	Recording Supervision
Yoshiki Ushiroda	Editing	Editor
Yu Arauchi	Sound	Music
Yuji Hosogoe	Visual Effects	Animation Director
cero	Sound	Original Music Composer

Titles

The Last Blossom · Housenka · Touch-Me-Not · ホウセンカ (jpn)

Ratings: imdb 7.00/10.00 (215 votes) · tmdb 8.10/10.00 (9 votes)