After being diagnosed with a terminal illness, Futaba resolves to spend her remaining time reuniting her broken family, reopening the long-closed bathhouse, and helping her shy daughter Azumi learn to stand on her own.
Rie Miyazawa
Futaba Kono
Hana Sugisaki
Azumi Kono
Joe Odagiri
Kazuhiro Kono
Tori Matsuzaka
Takumi Mukai
Aoi Ito
Ayuko Katase
Yukiko Shinohara
Kimie Sakamaki
Taro Suruga
Takimoto
Nanoka Matsubara
Rumi Miyata
Shuhei Eto
Kagetora Miura
Mr. Aso
Her Love Boils Bathwater is a drama film released in 2016 exploring themes of japan, husband wife relationship, bath house, deaf, bullying, terminal illness. Directed by Ryota Nakano, it stars Rie Miyazawa, Hana Sugisaki, Joe Odagiri. After being diagnosed with a terminal illness, Futaba resolves to spend her remaining time reuniting her broken family, reopening the long-closed bathhouse, and helping her shy daughter Azumi learn to stand on her own.
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