Going West: to the West

10/18/1997

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1hr 39min

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STORY

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...

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Chikage Awashima
  • Mikio Osawa
  • Miki Fujitani
  • Sō Yamamura
  • Nijiko Kiyokawa

    Directors

  • Kan Mukai
  • Saburo Naito
  • Shinji Imaoka
  • Kazuo Komizu

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • Mukai Productions
  • Toei Company

    Production Countries

  • Japan

LANGUAGES

  • Japanese