Water Flower (2005)

Water Flower 2005 / 水の花 2005 / Mizu no Hana

Minako is a quiet junior high school student being raised by her overworked single father. She's at the age where he's more like an alien to her than a person. The situation is exacerbated when he comes home drunk one night and tries to climb on top of her. Minako's mother deserted them for another man when Minako was a child. Now working as a hostess, she has little time for her own six year-old daughter, Yu, Minako's half sister. Both girls are yearning for their mother's love. Minako runs into Yu at a game center in the mall and proposes they take a trip. (synopsis credit: PIA Film Festival)