Rohen Kaso

[Machine Translation] The final chapter of Michio Koshikawa's trilogy. Michio Koshikawa has been called a solitary visual poet for his high literary quality and his unique approach to depicting the lives and sexuality of people living in the city in films such as "Life and Death by the Sea," "Anore," "A Small History of Love," "About Mr. Thistle," "Ararat," and "Back". His latest work, "Roadside Flower Grass" is a film that depicts the lives and sexuality of people living in the city. The film depicts the lives of two people, a man and a woman, who are struggling to make ends meet, but love the flowers and grasses that bloom in the corners of the streets and live a quiet life, sometimes tenderly, sometimes fiercely. This is the final chapter of Michio Koshikawa's trilogy, following "Back" and "Saigatte. The heroine Nazuna is played by Mayu Sakuma, a talented actor active on stage, in movies, and on TV. She gives a convincing performance as the heroine, who is loved by the audience but is also sensitive and fragile. Shintaro Youya, who is loved by many directors and has appeared in a succession of high-profile films, tenderly plays Kotaro, who loves Hanakusa and loves Nazuna. Other supporting performances include Tasuku Nagaoka as Kitamura, who gives an uncanny performance. --Nazuna, a painter, loses her mental balance in the fierce life with her lover Kitamura and flees from him. Nazuna escapes to Kotaro's room, who works for a publishing company, and she continues to share her life with him. Surrounded by Kotarou's gentle love of flowers and grass, Nazuna's feelings begin to calm down. However, when the publishing company that Kottarou works for goes out of business and he loses his income, cracks gradually begin to appear in their modest life together.

*Rated 15-and-over.

Special Feature / Bonus Track: theatrical trailer(s)

なっちゃんとこんなことばかりして暮らせたらいいのに 越川道夫監督三部作 最終章。『海辺の生と死』『アノレ』『海辺の生と死』『愛の小さな歴史』『あざみさんのこと』『アララト』『背中』など高い文学性と街に生きる人々の生と性を独自の視線で描く手法から、孤高の映像詩人と謳われる越川道夫。監督の最新作『路辺花草』。生活に苦しみながらも、路の片隅に咲く花草を愛しささやかに生きる男女二人の生活を、時に優しく、時に激しく描写する。『背中』『さいはて』に続く越川道夫渾身の3部作最終章。ヒロイン・ナズナには、舞台や映画、テレビで活躍する実力派俳優・佐久間麻由。愛されながらも繊細で壊れやすい主人公を迫真の演技で魅せる。また、多くの監督に愛され話題作の出演が相次ぐ遊屋慎太郎が、花草を愛し、ナズナを愛するコタロウを優しく演じる。その他、キタムラ役の永岡佑が鬼気迫る演技で脇を固める。 ――画家のナズナは、恋人のキタムラとの壮絶な生活に精神のバランスを崩して、キタムラの元から逃亡する。出版社に務めるコタロウの部屋に逃げ込んだナズナは、そのままコタロウと生活を共にする。花や草を愛する優しいコタロウの愛の愛に包まれてナズナの気持ちも落ち着きを取り戻していく。しかし、コタロウの務める出版社が潰れて収入がなくなった事により徐々に二人のささやかな生活にも、亀裂が生じ始める―。

映像特典: 劇場予告編