Her Love Boils Bathwater

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Her Love Boils Bathwater
Film poster
Directed byRyōta Nakano
Screenplay byRyōta Nakano
Produced byKazumi Fukase
Yusuke Wakabayashi
StarringRie Miyazawa
Hana Sugisaki
Joe Odagiri
Distributed byKlockWorx
Release date
  • October 29, 2016 (2016-10-29)
Running time
125 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese
Box office¥300,000,000 approx. domestic,[1] US$168,279 international[2][3]

Her Love Boils Bathwater (湯を沸かすほどの熱い愛, Yu o Wakasu Hodo no Atsui Ai) is a 2016 Japanese drama film directed by Ryōta Nakano.[4] It was selected as the Japanese entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 90th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.[5]

Plot[edit]

Futaba (Rie Miyazawa) single-handedly raising her teenage daughter Azumi (Hana Sugisaki) is diagnosed with terminal cancer and learns she only has a few months to live. She decides to use her last few months to improve the life of her family. To do this, she tracks down her husband, Kazuhiro (Joe Odagiri), who had left her for another woman. The other woman had in turn abandoned him, leaving him to look after a 9-year old daughter Ayuko (Aoi Itō) whom she claimed was the result of a one-night stand years before. Together, Futaba, Kazuhiro and the two girls reopen the family bathhouse, which will provide them with a comfortable life. Other challenges facing Futaba include helping Azumi to fend for herself at school and taking the girls on a road trip to introduce Azumi to her biological mother, Kimie (Yukiko Shinohara), a deaf woman who gave birth to Azumi when she was only 19.

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Awards[edit]

Award ceremony Category Recipients Result
41st Hochi Film Award[6] Best Picture Her Love Boils Bathwater Won
Best Actress Rie Miyazawa Won
Best Supporting Actress Hana Sugisaki Won
Best New Artist Ryōta Nakano Won
29th Nikkan Sports Film Award Best Actress Rie Miyazawa Won
59th Blue Ribbon Awards Best Supporting Actress Hana Sugisaki Won
40th Japan Academy Prize Picture of the Year Her Love Boils Bathwater Nominated
Director of the Year Ryōta Nakano Nominated
Screenplay of the Year Ryōta Nakano Nominated
Best Actress Rie Miyazawa Won
Best Supporting Actress Hana Sugisaki Won
Newcomer of the Year Won
26th Japanese Movie Critics Awards Best Picture Her Love Boils Bathwater Won
Best Director Ryōta Nakano Won
Best Actress Rie Miyazawa Won
Best Supporting Actress Hana Sugisaki Won

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ 2018年3月下旬 映画業界決算特別号 p.63
  2. ^ "Her Love Boils Bathwater". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
  3. ^ "Yu wo wakasuhodo no atsui ai". The Numbers. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
  4. ^ "湯を沸かすほどの熱い愛". eiga.com. Retrieved February 25, 2017.
  5. ^ Blair, Gavin (5 September 2017). "Oscars: Japan Selects 'Her Love Boils Bathwater' for Foreign-Language Category". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
  6. ^ "報知映画賞で「湯を沸かすほどの熱い愛」が4冠、「君の名は。」が特別賞に". natalie. Retrieved February 25, 2017.

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