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Desperate Sunflowers

Desperate Sunflowers

20164.51h 45m

Overview

Natsuko Kotani was born to be a swindler. Meanwhile, Tetsuko Ishida is Natsuko’s distant relative. Unlike Natsuko, Tetsuko is an attorney with an upright disposition. Whenever Natsuko makes trouble, Tetsuko is called to solve her troubles. Believing that Natsuko is using her, Tetsuko, with her boring life, begins to change.

Directed by Hitomi Kuroki
Written by Masafumi Nishida, Nozomi Katsura
Produced by Ryûji Ichiyama, Daisuke Fukushima, Fumi Teranishi
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Top Cast

Yoh Yoshida

Yoh Yoshida

Tetsuko Ishida

Yoshino Kimura

Yoshino Kimura

Natsuko Kotani

Aoi Nakamura

Aoi Nakamura

Masaru Isozaki

Yuta Furukawa

Yuta Furukawa

Shunsuke Ota

Nozomi Sasaki

Nozomi Sasaki

Marina Kamiya

Yoshihiko Hakamada

Yoshihiko Hakamada

Keisuke Hashimoto

Rena Tanaka

Rena Tanaka

Keisuke's wife

Junkichi Orimoto

Junkichi Orimoto

Takaaki Kondo

Minori Terada

Minori Terada

Keiichiro Hashimoto

LaSalle Ishii

LaSalle Ishii

Michiya Hagiwara

About Desperate Sunflowers

Desperate Sunflowers is a comedy, drama film released in 2016. Directed by Hitomi Kuroki, it stars Yoh Yoshida, Yoshino Kimura, Aoi Nakamura. Natsuko Kotani was born to be a swindler. Meanwhile, Tetsuko Ishida is Natsuko’s distant relative. Unlike Natsuko, Tetsuko is an attorney with an upright disposition. Whenever Natsuko makes trouble, Tetsuko is called to solve her troubles. Believing that Natsuko is using her, Tetsuko, with her boring life, begins to change.

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