The Last Blossom (HOUSENKA) anime revealed the main visual and trailer, along with an October 10 premiere in Japan. It’s an upcoming original anime film from the creators of ODDTAXI, Baku Kinoshita and Kazuya Konomoto. It previously made its world premiere at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival 2025 as part of the Feature Film Competition.
The film is produced by CLAP Animation Studio, known for titles like Pompo: The Cinéphile and The Tunnel to Summer, the Exit of Goodbyes. This marks Kinoshita’s first full-length feature as director, continuing his creative partnership with Konomoto, who has experience in both manga and screenwriting. The voice cast includes:
- Junki Tozuka (past) / Kaoru Kobayashi (present) as Minoru Akutsu
- Hikari Mitsushima (past) / Yoshiko Miyazaki (present) as Nana Nagata
- Pierre Taki as Housenka
- Hiroki Yasumoto as Tsutsumi
- Soma Saito as Wakamatsu
- Hideaki Murata (from Toro Salmon) as Hayashida
- Kota Nakayama as Konishi
The trailer also features the movie’s theme song “Moving Still Life” by cero.
The synopsis is described:
Autumn 2023. Akutsu, an elderly inmate serving life in prison, is on the verge of a lonely death in his single cell. A talking Housenka flower says to him, “What a rotten life you had.” Akutsu starts reflecting on his past. Summer 1986. Akutsu is living with Nana and her son Kensuke in a shabby apartment with a garden full of Housenkas. It is the tale of a one-night victorious comeback by a dying yakuza, and his family’s story told by a flower that blooms in prison.
Check out the main visual below.
Source: The Last Blossom (HOUSENKA) Official Website
©Kazuya Konomoto /The Last Blossom Production Committee
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