| Petal Dance | |
| Director: | Hiroshi Ishikawa |
| Starring: | Aoi Miyazaki Shiori Kutsuna Sakura Ando Kazue Fukiishi |
| Music: | Yoko Kanno |
| Cinematography: | Yoichi Nagano |
| Editing: | Hiroshi Ishikawa |
| Distributor: | Bitters End |
| Runtime: | 90 minutes |
| Country: | Japan |
| Language: | Japanese |
is a 2013 Japanese film directed by Hiroshi Ishikawa.[1] [2] [3]
The film concerns a trip taken by two women, Jinko (Aoi Miyazaki) and Motoko (Sakura Ando), and their driver, Haraki (Shiori Kutsuna), to see Miki (Kazue Fukiishi), an old friend now living in a psychiatric hospital after attempting suicide. Jinko and Motoko have not seen Miki in six years, and the trip becomes a meditation on their own lives and sorrows, as well as reconciliation for their guilt of not being able to help her before.
On Film Business Asia, Derek Elley gave the film a 4 out of 10, saying that the "existential road drama of four young women offers diminishing results."[4] A review on Japan Times by Mark Schilling gave the film a rating of 3.5 out of 5.[5]