Netflix revealed the main trailer, theme song, and character art for Love Like the Falling Petals – starring Kento Nakajima, and Honoka Matsumoto directed by Yohihiro Fukagawa which will be available exclusively on Netflix on March 24.
The film is a tale of love that encapsulates the transience and beauty of cherry blossoms based on a bestselling novel of the same name in Japan by Keisuke Uyama from Shueisha, produced by Kei Haruna, known for the top romance films spanning from Crying Out Love in the Center of the World and Be With You, to My Tomorrow, Your Yesterday and Let Me Eat Your Pancreas.
The theme song is an original song written by Mr. Children, one of the most popular band groups in Japan, for this movie.
Kento Nakajima plays the photographer, Haruto Asakura. Honoka Matsumoto plays Misaki Ariake. After falling in love with his hairstylist Misaki, Haruto musters up the courage to ask her out. In order to be a man suitable for Misaki, who is working hard toward her goals, Haruto decides to once again strive to be a photographer, a long-abandoned dream of his. However, Misaki contracts a rare disease that makes her age many times faster than most people. Facing the reality of being unable to pass the years at the same speed as their loved one, what will Haruto and Misaki decide to do?
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