Snow Flower (film)

It stars Hiroomi Tosaka and Ayami Nakajo, with Saki Takaoka, Kenta Hamano, Yumena Yanai, Masahiro Ezaki, and Seiichi Tanabe in supporting roles.

The story is of a romance between Miyuki, who finds out that she has a limited amount of time left to live, and Yusuke, a young man dreams of becoming a glass artist.

She has given up on everything, but when she becomes the victim of a snatch and grab after she left the hospital where she has been told the news, she is drawn to a man who saves her by chance.

When Miyuki learns that the café where Yusuke works is in financial crisis, she summons the courage up to ask him to be her lover for one month in exchange for one million yen.

Director Kojiro Hashimoto chose the location with the image of Miyuki coming to the "farthest reaches of the earth" to see the aurora.

He also thought that the village, without modern facilities for skiing, would create the right atmosphere that made it seem impossible for a young woman to come alone, and thus showed the determination of Miyuki.

[2] The film had generally positive reviews, with Mika Nakashima praising that "I was moved by the fact that the song I sang was portrayed as such a pure love story."