

Kill the Flower Bud!
1977, Japanese. Directed by Banmei Takahashi.
A man (Shimomoto Shiro), who is an assistant to a star singer, and a woman (Tajima Haruka), who specializes in playing passersby in TV dramas, go on a trip on a motorcycle. They don't have any particular destination in mind, but they just think that speeding down mountain roads on a motorcycle will make them feel refreshed. Both he and she were struggling to protect their dreams in the city every day. They lived in agony, searching for a way out. When Tajima's long hair fluttered in the wind, Shimomoto began to confess. At that moment, a slight sense of unease began to grow between the two lovers...
- Runtime
- 1h 0m
- Post-credits
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- Language
- Japanese
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- Released
- 1 October 1977
- Original title
- 蕾を殺る
- Country
- Japan
- Written by
- Mamoru Watanabe, Banmei Takahashi
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Kill the Flower Bud! runs 60 minutes (1h 0m).
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Kill the Flower Bud! isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 1 October 1977. (Checked 9 November 2026.)
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Who directed Kill the Flower Bud!?
Kill the Flower Bud! (1977) was directed by Banmei Takahashi and stars Haruka Tajima, Shirō Shimomoto, Akihiro Takizawa.