The Last Blossom

Original title: ホウセンカ

Duration: 90 min

Release date: 2025-10-10

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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.

Animation Drama Crime

ホウセンカ

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Kaoru Kobayashi

Kaoru Kobayashi

as Akutsu (1986) (voice)

as Akutsu (2023) (voice)

Hikari Mitsushima

Hikari Mitsushima

as Nana Nagata (younger) (voice)

Yoshiko Miyazaki

Yoshiko Miyazaki

as Nana Nagata (older) (voice)

as Housenka (voice)

as Hayashida (voice)

Hiroki Yasumoto

Hiroki Yasumoto

as Tsutsumi (voice)

as Wakamatsu (voice)

as Konishi (voice)

as Kensuke (voice)

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Kazuya Konomoto

Kazuya Konomoto

Ryoichiro Matsuo

Ryoichiro Matsuo

Yoshiki Ushiroda

Yoshiki Ushiroda

Director of Photography

Animation Director

Animation Director

Hidekazu Shimamura

Hidekazu Shimamura

Animation Director

Takahiro Hondai

Takahiro Hondai

Director of Photography

Recording Supervision

Original Music Composer

Shigeru Kimishima

Shigeru Kimishima

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