From left: Rie Miyazawa, Hana Sugisaki, Aoi Ito and Joe Odagiri in Her Love Boils Bathwater (Category: IIA), directed by Ryota Nakano. From left: Rie Miyazawa, Hana Sugisaki, Aoi Ito and Joe Odagiri in Her Love Boils Bathwater (Category: IIA), directed by Ryota Nakano.
From left: Rie Miyazawa, Hana Sugisaki, Aoi Ito and Joe Odagiri in Her Love Boils Bathwater (Category: IIA), directed by Ryota Nakano.

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Film review: Her Love Boils Bathwater – Japanese drama about a terminally ill family matriarch hits all the right notes

All four principal actors shine in this Ryota Nakano-directed film about a dying woman’s determination to bring her family together

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James Marsh
James Marsh

Updated: 3:36pm, 19 Oct, 2017

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From left: Rie Miyazawa, Hana Sugisaki, Aoi Ito and Joe Odagiri in Her Love Boils Bathwater (Category: IIA), directed by Ryota Nakano. From left: Rie Miyazawa, Hana Sugisaki, Aoi Ito and Joe Odagiri in Her Love Boils Bathwater (Category: IIA), directed by Ryota Nakano.
From left: Rie Miyazawa, Hana Sugisaki, Aoi Ito and Joe Odagiri in Her Love Boils Bathwater (Category: IIA), directed by Ryota Nakano.
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