The read
A Balasaur Score of 81 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.4/10, Rotten Tomatoes 100%. Critics rate it 26 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 96% of the 6,966 2010s drama movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Critics rate it 26 points higher than audiences do.
64 audience votes
Key crew
- Ryota NakanoDirector
- Ryota NakanoScreenplay
- Takashi WatanabeOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Rie MiyazawaFutaba Kono
- Hana SugisakiAzumi Kono
- Joe OdagiriKazuhiro Kono
- Tori MatsuzakaTakumi Mukai
- Aoi ItoAyuko Katase
- Yukiko ShinoharaKimie Sakamaki
- Taro SurugaTakimoto
- Nanoka MatsubaraRumi Miyata
- Shuhei EtoCast
- Kagetora MiuraMr. Aso
- Sotaro TanakaCast
- LilyMukoda Miyako
Themes
japanhusband wife relationshipbath housedeafbullyingterminal illnesssmall businessfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshipabsent fathersentō