Going West: to the West (1997)
Synopsis
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...
Release Date: 1997-10-18
Runtime: 99 minutes
Director: Kan Mukai
Top Cast
- Chikage Awashima as Ryu Sakuma:
- Mikio Osawa as Shota Mizukami
- Miki Fujitani as Ito Mirai
- So Yamamura as Shogo Kawahara
- Nijiko Kiyokawa as Kinue Kurata
- Akito Nakagaki as Hiroshi Sakuma:
- Hisaya Morishige as Neighbor Osamu
- Gin Maeda as Susumu Sakuma
- Tsurugi Miyuki as Michiko Sakuma
- Hiroko Hayashi as Nobuko Yoshii:
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