Japan Synopsis
風花
An alcoholic civil servant wakes up under a cherry tree in Tokyo next to a bar hostess with whom he's impulsively made a suicide pact. Though he's now changed his mind, he agrees to travel with her to Hokkaido, her preferred site for ending it all.
The 1999–2001 Japan Window
205 Japan films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. Kaza-hana sits at position #180.
The 2000s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year in the 2000s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Kaza-hana premiered. 1020 total titles in this decade from Japan.
Reception Benchmarks
5.6
TMDB Rating
10
Audience Reviews
Mixed
Critical Tier
Ranked #4,196 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (8th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -1.3 points below the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Drama productions specifically: #1,814 of 1,933 (top 94%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | Be-Wild, Cinequanon, TV Asahi, Tokyo FM |
| Runtime | 1h 56m |
| Release Date | September 14, 2000 |
| IMDb | tt0261000 |