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Her Love Boils Bathwater
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Her Love Boils Bathwater

2016 · 125 min Drama
7.4 / 10 · TMDB

Futaba, upon receiving a terminal diagnosis, chooses to spend her remaining days not on treatment, but on mending her fractured family. She returns to the long-shuttered family bathhouse, determined to piece her scattered relatives back together. Her central mission is to help her timid daughter, Azumi, find her voice and learn to stand alone. This quiet yet resolute journey forces confrontations with old resentments, unspoken words, and the ghosts of the past that linger in the steam of the old bathhouse.

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The film sidesteps melodrama, trading tears for a quiet, smoldering resolve. Its power lies in the details: the creak of bathhouse floorboards, silent exchanges of glances, water that washes away more than just grime.

What lingers after the credits is a surprisingly invigorating warmth—a story about an impending end that becomes an ode to beginnings, where the truest inheritance is reclaimed connection and inner fortitude. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: Ryota Nakano

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The warm steam of an old bathhouse, dissolving sorrow; the quiet ritual of meal preparation as an act of love.

🎭 Cast

Rie Miyazawa

Rie Miyazawa

Futaba Kono

Hana Sugisaki

Hana Sugisaki

Azumi Kono

Joe Odagiri

Joe Odagiri

Kazuhiro Kono

Tori Matsuzaka

Tori Matsuzaka

Takumi Mukai

Aoi Ito

Aoi Ito

Ayuko Katase

Yukiko Shinohara

Yukiko Shinohara

Kimie Sakamaki

Taro Suruga

Taro Suruga

Takimoto

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Nanoka Matsubara

Rumi Miyata

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Shuhei Eto

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Kagetora Miura

Mr. Aso

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