The Last Blossom (12A)

Monday 10 Nov 2025 - 12:00
HOME - Cinema 2
Runtime: 90 mins (approx.)

MAF is delighted to present a film that is both intensely human and intensely vulnerable; swirling with emotion, regret and moments of connection.

Minoru Akatsu, an elderly prisoner serving life in prison, reflects on his final summer of freedom in 1986. A gentle, stoic man, he lived a peaceful life with a woman and her son, surrounded by Housenka flowers. This peace is short-lived, however; when money flows in, so does trouble. As death approaches, a Housenka flower growing in his cell guides Akatsu through the gut-wrenching memories of his past as a yakuza.

Films in this programme

The Last Blossom

Dir. Baku Kinoshita // Japan

An elderly inmate serving a life sentence reflects on his final summer of freedom. As death approaches, a balsam flower guides him through memories of his past as a yakuza.