Bunny Drop (2011) on Netflix
At his grandfather's funeral, office worker Daikichi Kawachi meets Rin, a six-year-old the family shuns. Single and with no experience of children, he decides to raise her himself.
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Plot summary
Daikichi Kawachi, an office worker, returns home for the funeral of his grandfather, Soichi Kaga, and learns that the old man left behind a six-year-old daughter, Rin. Because the child was born out of wedlock, the rest of the family wants nothing to do with her and intends to send her to a foster home. Daikichi, who is single and has never cared for a child, takes her in instead. Raising Rin proves hard: the overtime daycare center lies far from both his house and his office, so he turns up late at work each day. His sister, Kazumi, who dislikes children, and a nanny, Yumiko Sugiyama, both question his choice. At the daycare center he meets Yukari Nitani, the mother of Rin's friend Koki, who helps him with Rin.
Cast
- Ruiki Satôas Koki Nitani
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Bunny Drop (2011)
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- Director Sabu shot Bunny Drop with no prepared script, wanting natural reactions from the actors, and the filming staff were told of this only just before production began.
- Child actors Mana Ashida and Ruiki Sato, who played Rin's kindergarten classmates, also shot without a script; they spent a month before filming going through every scene in detail with the assistant director.
- Kenichi Matsuyama, previously in films such as Death Note and Gantz, played Daikichi, a 30-year-old raising his grandfather's illegitimate child; it was the first time the actor had played a father.
- The theme song "Sweet Drops" by the duo Puffy was announced on 2 April 2011; the pair, big fans of the original manga, used "lovely flowers" as material, and the song came out on the 15th anniversary of Puffy's debut.
