NIGHT FLOWER | Toronto Japanese Film Festival

Natsuki has fled to Tokyo with her two children to escape debt collectors and now juggles multiple jobs including a seedy bar but just cant make ends meet. One night, outside the bar she witnesses an illicit drug deal gone wrong. Desperate, she decides this dangerous industry is the only way she can provide for her children. That choice brings her into contact with Tamae, an amateur kickboxer who gradually becomes Natsukis friend, protector and the operations enforcer.The film features standout