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Going West: to the West

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...

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Going West: to the West

October 18, 1997
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Cast (11)

Chikage Awashima
Ryu Sakuma:
Mikio Osawa
Shota Mizukami
Miki Fujitani
Ito Mirai
Sō Yamamura
Shogo Kawahara
Nijiko Kiyokawa
Kinue Kurata
Akito Nakagaki
Hiroshi Sakuma:
Hisaya Morishige
Neighbor Osamu
Gin Maeda
Susumu Sakuma
Tsurugi Miyuki
Michiko Sakuma
Hiroko Hayashi
Nobuko Yoshii:
Reika Mukae
Murakami Ritsuko

Crew (16)

Directing

Shinji Imaoka
Assistant Director
Kan Mukai
Director

Writing

Kazuo Komizu
Screenplay
Akiko Kawase
Screenplay

Production

Kan Mukai
Development Producer
Yutaka Mashima
Producer
Mitsuyoshi Nomura
Development Producer
Saburo Naito
Producer
Yukiko Omagari
Producer

Sound

Naoki Nishimura
Original Music Composer
Ryobei Kumagai
Sound Recordist

Art

Takaaki Yano
Art Direction

Camera

Shiro Suzuki
Director of Photography

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