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Going West: to the West

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Calorie Rating: 139
Released: 1997-10-18
Running Time: 99 Minutes
Studios: Mukai Productions, Toei Company,


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...

Director / Directors

Kan Mukai
Director
Shinji Imaoka
Assistant Director


Cast

Chikage Awashima
Character: Ryu Sakuma:
Mikio Osawa
Character: Shota Mizukami
Miki Fujitani
Character: Ito Mirai

Sō Yamamura
Character: Shogo Kawahara
Nijiko Kiyokawa
Character: Kinue Kurata
Akito Nakagaki
Character: Hiroshi Sakuma:

Hisaya Morishige
Character: Neighbor Osamu
Gin Maeda
Character: Susumu Sakuma
Tsurugi Miyuki
Character: Michiko Sakuma

Hiroko Hayashi
Character: Nobuko Yoshii:
Reika Mukae
Character: Murakami Ritsuko


Production and Crew

Mitsuyoshi Nomura
Development Producer
Kan Mukai
Development Producer

Kazuo Komizu
Screenplay

Akiko Kawase
Screenplay
Shiro Suzuki
Director of Photography
Naoki Nishimura
Original Music Composer

Takaaki Yano
Art Direction
Ryobei Kumagai
Sound Recordist