Going West: to the West
1997
N/R
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Overview:
Sakuma Ryu, who runs a liquor store alone in downtown Tokyo, ends up living with his eldest son and his wife after a small fire breaks out. His sons are always there to help, but Ryu, who has stubbornly lived alone since her husband's death, feels uncomfortable there, and frequently visits his tea-drinking buddy Kinue to vent his frustrations. However, Kinue's sudden death and a postcard inspire Ryu to set off on a solo trip in her husband's beloved Mini Cooper. Her destination is Matsuyama in Shikoku, where she spent her childhood and where her first love, for whom she harbored a faint crush, still lives. The Mini Cooper speeds smoothly between Gifu and Kyoto. But when Shota and a young couple from the future join Ryu in the Mini Cooper, things start to look ominous...
Kan Mukai
Development Producer, Director
Saburo Naito
Producer
Yutaka Mashima
Producer
Yukiko Omagari
Producer
Cast:
View full castChikage Awashima
Ryu Sakuma:
Mikio Osawa
Shota Mizukami
Miki Fujitani
Ito Mirai
Sō Yamamura
Shogo Kawahara
Nijiko Kiyokawa
Kinue Kurata
Akito Nakagaki
Hiroshi Sakuma: