Her Love Boils Bathwater

Her Love Boils Bathwater (湯を沸かすほどの熱い愛, Yu o Wakasu Hodo no Atsui Ai) is a 2016 Japanese drama film directed by Ryōta Nakano.

[4] It was selected as the Japanese entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 90th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.

[5] Futaba (Rie Miyazawa) single-handedly raising her teenage daughter Azumi (Hana Sugisaki) is diagnosed with terminal cancer and learns she only has a few months to live.

The other woman had in turn abandoned him, leaving him to look after a 9-year old daughter Ayuko (Aoi Itō) who she claimed was the result of a one-night stand years before.

Together, Futaba, Kazuhiro and the two girls reopen the family bathhouse, which will provide them with a comfortable life.